Get ESPN NHL Player Overview
Arguments
- athlete_id
ESPN athlete identifier (character or numeric, e.g.
"5149125"). Obtain viaespn_nhl_team_roster().- ...
Reserved for forward compatibility.
Value
A fastRhockey_data tibble with one row per stats split
(Regular Season / Career):
| col_name | types | description |
| athlete_id | character | ESPN athlete identifier (echoed from arg). |
| athlete_espn_id | character | ESPN athlete identifier (from payload). |
| athlete_display_name | character | Player display name. |
| athlete_short_name | character | Player short name. |
| athlete_jersey | character | Jersey number. |
| athlete_position | character | Position abbreviation. |
| athlete_team_id | character | ESPN team identifier. |
| athlete_team_abbreviation | character | Team abbreviation. |
| split_display_name | character | Split label (e.g. Regular Season, Career). |
| games | character | Games played. |
| goals | character | Goals. |
| assists | character | Assists. |
| points | character | Points. |
| plus_minus | character | Plus/minus. |
| penalty_minutes | character | Penalty minutes. |
| shots_total | character | Shots on goal. |
| 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 per game. |
| 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_gamelog(),
espn_nhl_player_info(),
espn_nhl_player_injuries(),
espn_nhl_player_news(),
espn_nhl_player_notes(),
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_overview(athlete_id = "5149125"))
#> ── NHL Player Overview data from ESPN.com ───────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-12 14:17:53 UTC
#> # A tibble: 2 × 23
#> athlete_id athlete_espn_id athlete_display_name athlete_short_name
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 5149125 NA NA NA
#> 2 5149125 NA NA NA
#> # ℹ 19 more variables: athlete_jersey <chr>, athlete_position <chr>,
#> # athlete_team_id <chr>, athlete_team_abbreviation <chr>,
#> # split_display_name <chr>, games <chr>, goals <chr>, assists <chr>,
#> # points <chr>, plus_minus <chr>, penalty_minutes <chr>, shots_total <chr>,
#> # power_play_goals <chr>, power_play_assists <chr>, short_handed_goals <chr>,
#> # short_handed_assists <chr>, game_winning_goals <chr>,
#> # time_on_ice_per_game <chr>, production <chr>
# }