Get ESPN NHL Game Scoring Plays (core-v2)
Source:R/espn_nhl_events_detail.R
espn_nhl_game_scoringplays.RdGet ESPN NHL Game Scoring Plays (core-v2)
Arguments
- event_id
ESPN event (game) identifier.
- cid
Competition identifier. Defaults to
event_id.- limit
Maximum number of plays to fetch for filtering. Defaults to
300. Only used when the dedicatedscoringplaysendpoint is unavailable and the function falls back to filteringgame_plays().- ...
Reserved for forward compatibility.
Value
A fastRhockey_data tibble with one row per scoring play (goal).
Implementation note: The dedicated /scoringplays core-v2 endpoint
returns 404 for NHL; this function falls back to fetching all plays via
espn_nhl_game_plays() and filtering to rows where scoring_play == TRUE.
Columns are the same as espn_nhl_game_plays():
| col_name | types | description |
| event_id | character | ESPN event id (echoed from arg). |
| cid | character | Competition id (echoed from arg). |
| id | character | ESPN play identifier. |
| sequence_number | integer | Play sequence number within the game. |
| type_id | character | Play type id. |
| type_text | character | Play type label (always "Goal" for scoring plays). |
| text | character | Full play description text. |
| period_number | integer | Period number of the goal. |
| clock_display | character | Clock time of the goal. |
| away_score | integer | Away team score after the goal. |
| home_score | integer | Home team score after the goal. |
| scoring_play | logical | Always TRUE. |
| score_value | integer | Always 1 for NHL goals. |
| coordinate_x | numeric | X coordinate of the shot. |
| coordinate_y | numeric | Y coordinate of the shot. |
| strength_text | character | Strength situation (e.g. "Even Strength", "Power Play"). |
| team_ref | character | $ref URL for the scoring team. |
See also
Other ESPN NHL Functions:
espn_nhl_athletes_index(),
espn_nhl_award(),
espn_nhl_awards(),
espn_nhl_calendar(),
espn_nhl_calendar_offseason(),
espn_nhl_calendar_ondays(),
espn_nhl_calendar_postseason(),
espn_nhl_calendar_regular_season(),
espn_nhl_coach(),
espn_nhl_coach_record(),
espn_nhl_coach_season(),
espn_nhl_coaches(),
espn_nhl_conferences(),
espn_nhl_countries(),
espn_nhl_draft(),
espn_nhl_franchise(),
espn_nhl_franchises(),
espn_nhl_game(),
espn_nhl_game_all(),
espn_nhl_game_broadcasts(),
espn_nhl_game_competition(),
espn_nhl_game_leaders(),
espn_nhl_game_odds(),
espn_nhl_game_official_detail(),
espn_nhl_game_officials(),
espn_nhl_game_play(),
espn_nhl_game_play_personnel(),
espn_nhl_game_plays(),
espn_nhl_game_powerindex(),
espn_nhl_game_predictor(),
espn_nhl_game_probabilities(),
espn_nhl_game_propbets(),
espn_nhl_game_situation(),
espn_nhl_game_status(),
espn_nhl_game_team(),
espn_nhl_game_team_leaders(),
espn_nhl_game_team_linescores(),
espn_nhl_game_team_record(),
espn_nhl_game_team_roster(),
espn_nhl_game_team_statistics(),
espn_nhl_game_teams(),
espn_nhl_games(),
espn_nhl_injuries(),
espn_nhl_leaders(),
espn_nhl_leaders_core(),
espn_nhl_league_notes(),
espn_nhl_league_root(),
espn_nhl_news(),
espn_nhl_pbp(),
espn_nhl_player_awards(),
espn_nhl_player_bio(),
espn_nhl_player_box(),
espn_nhl_player_career_stats(),
espn_nhl_player_contracts(),
espn_nhl_player_core(),
espn_nhl_player_eventlog(),
espn_nhl_player_gamelog(),
espn_nhl_player_info(),
espn_nhl_player_injuries(),
espn_nhl_player_news(),
espn_nhl_player_notes(),
espn_nhl_player_overview(),
espn_nhl_player_records(),
espn_nhl_player_seasons(),
espn_nhl_player_splits(),
espn_nhl_player_statistics(),
espn_nhl_player_statisticslog(),
espn_nhl_player_stats_v3(),
espn_nhl_player_vs_player(),
espn_nhl_players_index(),
espn_nhl_position(),
espn_nhl_positions(),
espn_nhl_providers(),
espn_nhl_schedule(),
espn_nhl_scoreboard(),
espn_nhl_season_athletes(),
espn_nhl_season_awards(),
espn_nhl_season_coaches(),
espn_nhl_season_draft(),
espn_nhl_season_draft_round_picks(),
espn_nhl_season_freeagents(),
espn_nhl_season_futures(),
espn_nhl_season_group(),
espn_nhl_season_group_children(),
espn_nhl_season_group_teams(),
espn_nhl_season_groups(),
espn_nhl_season_info(),
espn_nhl_season_players(),
espn_nhl_season_pointer(),
espn_nhl_season_powerindex(),
espn_nhl_season_powerindex_leaders(),
espn_nhl_season_team(),
espn_nhl_season_teams(),
espn_nhl_season_type(),
espn_nhl_season_type_corrections(),
espn_nhl_season_type_leaders(),
espn_nhl_season_types(),
espn_nhl_season_week(),
espn_nhl_season_week_games(),
espn_nhl_season_weeks(),
espn_nhl_seasons(),
espn_nhl_standings(),
espn_nhl_standings_core(),
espn_nhl_statistics_league(),
espn_nhl_summary(),
espn_nhl_talentpicks(),
espn_nhl_team(),
espn_nhl_team_box(),
espn_nhl_team_core(),
espn_nhl_team_depthcharts(),
espn_nhl_team_history(),
espn_nhl_team_injuries(),
espn_nhl_team_leaders(),
espn_nhl_team_news(),
espn_nhl_team_record(),
espn_nhl_team_roster(),
espn_nhl_team_schedule(),
espn_nhl_team_transactions(),
espn_nhl_teams_core(),
espn_nhl_teams_site(),
espn_nhl_tournaments(),
espn_nhl_transactions(),
espn_nhl_venue(),
espn_nhl_venues()
Examples
# \donttest{
try({
sb <- espn_nhl_scoreboard(dates = "20250110")
espn_nhl_game_scoringplays(event_id = sb$game_id[1])
})
#> ── NHL Game Plays data from ESPN core-v2 ────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-12 14:17:33 UTC
#> # A tibble: 8 × 27
#> event_id cid id sequence_number type_id type_text type_abbreviation text
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 4016882… 4016… 4016… 15 505 Goal goal Alex…
#> 2 4016882… 4016… 4016… 33 505 Goal goal Ryan…
#> 3 4016882… 4016… 4016… 77 505 Goal goal Luca…
#> 4 4016882… 4016… 4016… 196 505 Goal goal Andr…
#> 5 4016882… 4016… 4016… 204 505 Goal goal Albe…
#> 6 4016882… 4016… 4016… 221 505 Goal goal Teuv…
#> 7 4016882… 4016… 4016… 238 505 Goal goal Teuv…
#> 8 4016882… 4016… 4016… 242 505 Goal goal Marc…
#> # ℹ 19 more variables: short_text <chr>, period_number <int>,
#> # period_display <chr>, clock_value <dbl>, clock_display <chr>,
#> # away_score <int>, home_score <int>, scoring_play <lgl>, score_value <int>,
#> # priority <lgl>, shooting_play <lgl>, is_penalty <lgl>, wallclock <chr>,
#> # coordinate_x <dbl>, coordinate_y <dbl>, strength_id <chr>,
#> # strength_text <chr>, team_ref <chr>, play_ref <chr>
# }