🏒PUCK DETECTIVE

Guess the mystery NHL player in 8 tries. Every guess reveals attribute clues.

Puck Detective: Guess the NHL Player Game

Guess the mystery NHL player in 8 tries. Every guess compares team, position, nationality, age and jersey number against the secret player, with directional arrows on the numeric clues. Play the daily challenge or unlimited mode.

Somewhere on a current NHL roster hides the mystery player, and you get 8 guesses to name him.

Every guess is a real player, and every guess talks back: five chips compare team, position, nationality, age and jersey number against the secret answer. Solve the shared daily puzzle, or grind win streaks in unlimited mode.

How to play Puck Detective, a free NHL mystery player guessing game

Type a player and read the five chips

Type an NHL player and pick him from the suggestions.

Read the chips. A green check means an exact match, a gray X means no match.

Watch position, age and jersey number clues

Position can show a yellow dash: right group (forward, defense or goalie), wrong spot.

Arrows on age and jersey point toward the mystery player: up means his number is higher than your guess.

Narrow it down within eight guesses

Keep narrowing and land the exact player within 8 guesses.

Puck Detective rules: clues, chips and the daily mystery player

Eight guesses and five clues each time

8 guesses per puzzle, in both daily and unlimited.

Five clues per guess: team, position, nationality, age and jersey number.

Exact matches except for one close tier

Team and nationality are exact or nothing; only position has a close tier.

Unlimited mode tracks your streaks

Unlimited mode tracks your current and best win streak, with Easy, Normal and Hard pools.

The daily player resets at midnight

The daily player is the same for everyone and changes at midnight Eastern.

Puck Detective walkthrough: reading the chips on an NHL guess

Opening with Sidney Crosby

Say you open with Sidney Crosby. The team chip stays gray, position flashes yellow, Canada goes green, the age arrow points down and the jersey arrow points up.

Reading the arrows into a winger guess

Translation: a younger Canadian forward who is not a center and wears a bigger number than 87. Two probing winger guesses later, the whole row turns green on guess five.

Puck Detective tips for narrowing the NHL mystery player fast

Open with a name you know cold

Open with a player you know cold. The information matters more than the guess itself.

Bracket the age with two guesses

Bracket the numbers: one older guess and one younger guess pin the age range fast.

Read gray countries and yellow positions

A green country is nice, but a gray one is bigger; it deletes whole nations from the pool.

Yellow on position means stay in the group. Swap center for winger before abandoning forwards.

Puck Detective FAQ: difficulty tiers, saves and the daily reset

Does the team chip ever show yellow for a rival?

No. Team is exact or gray. Only the position chip has a close tier.

What do the difficulty tiers change?

Unlimited only. Easy draws skaters with 250 or more career points, Hard draws players under 75 points plus goalies, and Normal uses the full pool. The daily always uses everyone.

I closed the tab mid puzzle. Did I lose my guesses?

No. Daily progress saves in your browser, so you can finish any time before the reset.

Is Puck Detective free to play?

Yes. Puck Detective is free to play on DoUKnowBall, right in your browser. No download and no signup needed.

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