Get ESPN NHL Player Box Score
Value
A fastRhockey_data tibble with one row per player appearance.
Skater and goalie rows are combined via dplyr::bind_rows; columns
not applicable to a position group are NA. Key columns:
| col_name | types | description |
| athlete_id | character | ESPN athlete identifier. |
| athlete_display_name | character | Athlete full display name. |
| athlete_short_name | character | Athlete short name. |
| athlete_last_name | character | Athlete last name. |
| athlete_jersey | character | Jersey number. |
| athlete_headshot_href | character | Headshot image URL. |
| athlete_position_name | character | Position name. |
| athlete_position_abbreviation | character | Position abbreviation. |
| athlete_active | logical | Whether the athlete was active. |
| athlete_scratched | logical | Whether the athlete was scratched. |
| stat_group | character | Stat group name ("forwards","defenses","goalies"). |
| team_id | character | ESPN team identifier. |
| team_abbreviation | character | Team abbreviation. |
| team_display_name | character | Team display name. |
| home_away | character | "home" or "away". |
| team_score | character | Team final score. |
| team_winner | logical | Whether the team won. |
| opponent_team_id | character | Opponent team identifier. |
| opponent_team_abbreviation | character | Opponent team abbreviation. |
| game_id | character | ESPN event identifier (echoed from arg). |
| season | integer | Season end-year. |
| season_type | integer | Season type code. |
| game_date | character | Game date-time (ISO 8601). |
| bs | character | Blocked shots (skaters). |
| ht | character | Hits (skaters). |
| tk | character | Takeaways (skaters). |
| plus_minus | integer | Plus/minus rating (skaters). |
| toi | character | Time on ice (skaters, MM:SS). |
| pptoi | character | Power play time on ice (skaters, MM:SS). |
| shtoi | character | Short-handed time on ice (skaters, MM:SS). |
| estoi | character | Even-strength time on ice (skaters, MM:SS). |
| shft | character | Total shifts (skaters). |
| g | character | Goals (skaters). |
| ytdg | character | Year-to-date goals (skaters/goalies). |
| a | character | Assists (skaters). |
| s | character | Shots (skaters). |
| sm | character | Missed shots (skaters). |
| sog | character | Shots on goal (skaters). |
| fw | character | Faceoffs won (skaters). |
| fl | character | Faceoffs lost (skaters). |
| fo_percent | character | Faceoff percentage (skaters). |
| gv | character | Giveaways (skaters). |
| pn | character | Penalties taken (skaters). |
| pim | character | Penalty minutes (skaters/goalies). |
| ga | character | Goals against (goalies). |
| sa | character | Shots against (goalies). |
| sos | character | Shootout saves (goalies). |
| sosa | character | Shootout shots against (goalies). |
| sv | character | Saves (goalies). |
| sv_percent | character | Save percentage (goalies). |
| essv | character | Even-strength saves (goalies). |
| ppsv | character | Power play saves (goalies). |
| shsv | character | Short-handed saves (goalies). |
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_scoringplays(),
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_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(espn_nhl_player_box(game_id = "401688263"))
#> ── NHL Player Box Score data from ESPN.com ──────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-12 14:17:45 UTC
#> # A tibble: 38 × 53
#> athlete_id athlete_display_name athlete_short_name athlete_last_name
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 5149125 Connor Bedard C. Bedard Bedard
#> 2 3042056 Tyler Bertuzzi T. Bertuzzi Bertuzzi
#> 3 4874940 Colton Dach C. Dach Dach
#> 4 3042062 Jason Dickinson J. Dickinson Dickinson
#> 5 3115033 Ryan Donato R. Donato Donato
#> 6 3535 Nick Foligno N. Foligno Foligno
#> 7 5428 Taylor Hall T. Hall Hall
#> 8 4392541 Philipp Kurashev P. Kurashev Kurashev
#> 9 3853 Pat Maroon P. Maroon Maroon
#> 10 4422415 Ilya Mikheyev I. Mikheyev Mikheyev
#> # ℹ 28 more rows
#> # ℹ 49 more variables: athlete_jersey <chr>, athlete_headshot_href <chr>,
#> # athlete_position_name <chr>, athlete_position_abbreviation <chr>,
#> # athlete_active <lgl>, athlete_scratched <lgl>, stat_group <chr>,
#> # team_id <chr>, team_abbreviation <chr>, team_display_name <chr>,
#> # home_away <chr>, team_score <chr>, team_winner <lgl>,
#> # opponent_team_id <chr>, opponent_team_abbreviation <chr>, game_id <chr>, …
# }