Get ESPN NHL Player Gamelog
Arguments
- athlete_id
ESPN athlete identifier (character or numeric, e.g.
"5149125"). Obtain viaespn_nhl_team_roster().- season
Season end-year (e.g.
2025). WhenNULLESPN returns the current season. Defaults toNULL.- ...
Reserved for forward compatibility.
Value
A fastRhockey_data tibble with one row per game, or an empty
data.frame() when no data is available (e.g. if the endpoint returns
HTTP 404 in a future ESPN schema change). If the endpoint becomes
unavailable, use espn_nhl_player_statisticslog() from the core-v2
host as a reliable substitute.
| col_name | types | description |
| athlete_id | character | ESPN athlete identifier (echoed from arg). |
| event_id | character | ESPN event identifier. |
| season_type_display | character | Season type label (e.g. "2025-26 Regular Season"). |
| category_display | character | Stat category display name. |
| category_type | character | Stat category type. |
| category_split_type | character | Stat category split type. |
| game_date | character | Game date-time (ISO 8601). |
| at_vs | character | "at" or "vs" home/away indicator. |
| score | character | Final score string. |
| home_team_id | character | ESPN home team identifier. |
| away_team_id | character | ESPN away team identifier. |
| home_team_score | character | Home team final score. |
| away_team_score | character | Away team final score. |
| game_result | character | Game result for the player's team (W/L/OT). |
| opponent_id | character | ESPN opponent team identifier. |
| opponent_name | character | Opponent team display name. |
| opponent_abbr | character | Opponent team abbreviation. |
| team_id | character | Player's team ESPN identifier. |
| team_abbr | character | Player's team abbreviation. |
| league_name | character | League name. |
| league_abbreviation | character | League abbreviation. |
| goals | character | Goals scored. |
| assists | character | Assists. |
| points | character | Points (G+A). |
| plus_minus | character | Plus/minus. |
| penalty_minutes | character | Penalty minutes. |
| shots_total | character | Shots on goal. |
| shooting_pct | character | Shooting percentage. |
| power_play_goals | character | Power-play goals. |
| power_play_assists | character | Power-play assists. |
| short_handed_goals | character | Short-handed goals. |
| short_handed_assists | character | Short-handed assists. |
| game_winning_goals | character | Game-winning goals. |
| time_on_ice_per_game | character | Average time on ice. |
| production | character | Production metric. |
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_box(),
espn_nhl_player_career_stats(),
espn_nhl_player_contracts(),
espn_nhl_player_core(),
espn_nhl_player_eventlog(),
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_gamelog(athlete_id = "5149125"))
#> ── NHL Player Gamelog data from ESPN.com ────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-12 14:17:51 UTC
#> # A tibble: 69 × 35
#> athlete_id event_id season_type_display category_display category_type
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 5149125 401803656 2025-26 Regular Season April event
#> 2 5149125 401803639 2025-26 Regular Season April event
#> 3 5149125 401803617 2025-26 Regular Season April event
#> 4 5149125 401803606 2025-26 Regular Season April event
#> 5 5149125 401803582 2025-26 Regular Season April event
#> 6 5149125 401803572 2025-26 Regular Season April event
#> 7 5149125 401803551 2025-26 Regular Season April event
#> 8 5149125 401803537 2025-26 Regular Season March event
#> 9 5149125 401803522 2025-26 Regular Season March event
#> 10 5149125 401803502 2025-26 Regular Season March event
#> # ℹ 59 more rows
#> # ℹ 30 more variables: category_split_type <chr>, game_date <chr>, at_vs <chr>,
#> # score <chr>, home_team_id <chr>, away_team_id <chr>, home_team_score <chr>,
#> # away_team_score <chr>, game_result <chr>, opponent_id <chr>,
#> # opponent_name <chr>, opponent_abbr <chr>, team_id <chr>, team_abbr <chr>,
#> # league_name <chr>, league_abbreviation <chr>, goals <chr>, assists <chr>,
#> # points <chr>, plus_minus <chr>, penalty_minutes <chr>, shots_total <chr>, …
# }