NHL Puckdoku answers and clues: November 20th, 2023

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WARNING: THERE ARE PUCKDOKU SPOILERS AHEAD. DO NOT CONTINUE SCROLLING IF YOU DON’T WANT TODAY’S PUZZLE SPOILED FOR YOU.

The new game “Puckdoku” is taking the hockey world by storm. Here’s how it works. There’s a 3×3 grid, and each row and column are marked with either a team or a statistic of some sort. You have to guess players who meet the criteria for both the column and the row for the square you’re on. For example…if your square is in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ column and the St. Louis Blue row…Ryan O’Reilly would work. If it’s in the Washington Capitals column and the row says “40+ goals in a season”, Alex Ovechkin would work. You can play the daily Puckdoku puzzle here:

There’s also a rarity score in the form of a percentage next to the player you guess…the lower the percentage, the more rare the guess. Once you start getting used to the game, you want to shoot for a low rarity score.

Without further ado, here are some hints for today’s Puckdoku puzzle. You can play the game for yourself here.

Penguins/Blue Jackets: He won two Stanley Cups with the L.A. Kings

Stars/Blue Jackets: His father once fought a fan in the penalty box

Lightning/Blue Jackets: He won a Cup with the Lightning in 2021

Penguins/Avalanche: He was a college teammate of Jack Eichel

Stars/Avalanche: He was a top-10 pick of the 2013 NHL Draft

Lightning/Avalanche: He’s only ever played for these two teams

Penguins/Hall of Fame: He’s one of the all-time great forwards

Stars/Hall of Fame: He was benched by Mike Babcock ahead of what would have been his 1500th career game

Lightning/Hall of Fame: He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Calgary Flames

The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!