Every game of a season and tournament: teams, score, xG, power plays, periods and rink.
Value
A fastRhockey_data tibble (59 columns; zero rows when a valid payload has none).
| col_name | type | description |
game_id | integer | Game id, unique only within a season: key a game as (season, game_id). |
season | integer | Season END year (2026 = 2025-26). |
start | character | Scheduled start, ISO 8601 UTC. |
end | character | Time the game ended, ISO 8601 UTC (absent from the refs captures; seen in the full 2026 playoff body). |
periods | character | JSON list of the game's periods: index, home and away goals, category, start and end second. |
finished_type | character | How the game ended: ENDED_DURING_REGULAR_GAME_TIME, ENDED_DURING_EXTENDED_GAME_TIME (overtime), ENDED_DURING_WINNING_SHOT_COMPETITION (shootout). |
started | logical | Game has started. |
ended | logical | Game has ended. |
game_time | integer | Seconds from the start of the game. Regular season: 3900 (65:00) = the end of the 5-minute overtime; playoff overtime runs past it. |
spectators | integer | Attendance (spectators) reported for the game. |
play_off_pair | integer | Playoff pairing number, else null. |
play_off_phase | integer | Playoff round, else null. |
play_off_req_wins | integer | Wins needed to take the playoff series, else null. |
buy_tickets_url | character | Ticket link for the game, else null. |
ice_rink_id | integer | Liiga's id of the rink (ice arena). |
ice_rink_name | character | Name of the rink (ice arena). |
ice_rink_latitude | numeric | Rink latitude, decimal degrees. |
ice_rink_longitude | numeric | Rink longitude, decimal degrees. |
ice_rink_street_address | character | Street address of the rink. |
ice_rink_zip | character | Postal code of the rink. |
ice_rink_city | character | City where the rink is located. |
current_period | integer | Last period played (3 = regulation; 4 and up = overtime periods or the shootout; 2026 values 3, 4, 5, 7). |
stale | logical | Live data is stale. |
serie | character | Tournament code, uppercase (RUNKOSARJA, PLAYOFFS, PRACTICE, ...); in /schedule the integer tournament id instead (see serieId and Divergence notes). |
game_week | integer | Game week of the season. |
home_team_id | integer | Home team id (the number of the <num>:<slug> key). |
home_team_slug | character | Home team slug (e.g. hpk). |
home_placeholder | character | Home team: placeholder label for an undecided playoff team, else null. |
home_name | character | Home team: display name of the team, e.g. HPK. |
home_goals | integer | Home team: goals scored by the team in the game. |
home_time_out | integer | Home team: second of the game (from game start) at which the team called its timeout. |
home_powerplay_instances | integer | Home team: power plays the team had in the game. |
home_powerplay_goals | integer | Home team: power-play goals the team scored in the game. |
home_short_handed_instances | integer | Home team: times the team played short-handed in the game. |
home_short_handed_goals | integer | Home team: short-handed goals the team scored in the game. |
home_expected_goals | numeric | Home team: expected goals (xG) for the team in the game, from Liiga's undocumented model. |
home_ranking | integer | Home team: table position. |
home_game_start_date_time | character | Home team: scheduled start, ISO 8601 UTC. |
home_logos_dark_bg | character | Home team: logo image URL for dark backgrounds. |
home_logos_light_bg | character | Home team: logo image URL for light backgrounds. |
home_logos_dark_bg_original | character | Home team: original-file logo URL for dark backgrounds; null in every capture. |
home_logos_light_bg_original | character | Home team: original-file logo URL for light backgrounds; null in every capture. |
away_team_id | integer | Away team id (the number of the <num>:<slug> key). |
away_team_slug | character | Away team slug (e.g. tps). |
away_placeholder | character | Away team: placeholder label for an undecided playoff team, else null. |
away_name | character | Away team: display name of the team, e.g. HPK. |
away_goals | integer | Away team: goals scored by the team in the game. |
away_time_out | integer | Away team: second of the game (from game start) at which the team called its timeout. |
away_powerplay_instances | integer | Away team: power plays the team had in the game. |
away_powerplay_goals | integer | Away team: power-play goals the team scored in the game. |
away_short_handed_instances | integer | Away team: times the team played short-handed in the game. |
away_short_handed_goals | integer | Away team: short-handed goals the team scored in the game. |
away_expected_goals | numeric | Away team: expected goals (xG) for the team in the game, from Liiga's undocumented model. |
away_ranking | integer | Away team: table position. |
away_game_start_date_time | character | Away team: scheduled start, ISO 8601 UTC. |
away_logos_dark_bg | character | Away team: logo image URL for dark backgrounds. |
away_logos_light_bg | character | Away team: logo image URL for light backgrounds. |
away_logos_dark_bg_original | character | Away team: original-file logo URL for dark backgrounds; null in every capture. |
away_logos_light_bg_original | character | Away team: original-file logo URL for light backgrounds; null in every capture. |
Details
Endpoint: GET https://liiga.fi/api/v2/games
Seasons are END years (2026 = 2025-26), the same key as sdv-py. Requests to liiga.fi are
spaced at least one second apart. A request Liiga answers with nothing (an unknown game, a
tournament not played that season, a shot map before 2016) raises
fastRhockey_no_data; a failed fetch or an error-shaped answer raises
fastRhockey_asset_fetch; a bad argument raises fastRhockey_bad_request.
See also
Other Liiga Functions:
liiga_game(),
liiga_game_goals(),
liiga_game_lineups(),
liiga_game_penalties(),
liiga_game_players_stats(),
liiga_game_shootout(),
liiga_game_stats(),
liiga_game_team_stats(),
liiga_gameweeks(),
liiga_goals(),
liiga_player(),
liiga_player_career(),
liiga_player_game_log(),
liiga_player_stats(),
liiga_players_info(),
liiga_schedule(),
liiga_shotmap(),
liiga_standings(),
liiga_team_stats(),
liiga_teams(),
liiga_teams_history(),
liiga_tournament()
Examples
# \donttest{
try(liiga_games(season = 2026, tournament = "playoffs"))
#> ── Liiga games Information from liiga.fi ───────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0.9000 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-10-13 01:55:23 UTC
#> # A tibble: 60 × 59
#> game_id season start end periods finished_type started ended game_time
#> <int> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <lgl> <lgl> <int>
#> 1 55080 2026 2026-03-2… 2026… "[{\"i… ENDED_DURING… TRUE TRUE 3600
#> 2 55081 2026 2026-03-2… 2026… "[{\"i… ENDED_DURING… TRUE TRUE 3881
#> 3 55078 2026 2026-03-2… 2026… "[{\"i… ENDED_DURING… TRUE TRUE 3600
#> 4 55079 2026 2026-03-2… 2026… "[{\"i… ENDED_DURING… TRUE TRUE 3600
#> 5 55083 2026 2026-03-2… 2026… "[{\"i… ENDED_DURING… TRUE TRUE 3600
#> 6 55082 2026 2026-03-2… 2026… "[{\"i… ENDED_DURING… TRUE TRUE 4740
#> 7 55085 2026 2026-03-2… 2026… "[{\"i… ENDED_DURING… TRUE TRUE 3600
#> 8 55084 2026 2026-03-2… 2026… "[{\"i… ENDED_DURING… TRUE TRUE 3600
#> 9 55089 2026 2026-03-2… 2026… "[{\"i… ENDED_DURING… TRUE TRUE 3600
#> 10 55088 2026 2026-03-2… 2026… "[{\"i… ENDED_DURING… TRUE TRUE 4021
#> # ℹ 50 more rows
#> # ℹ 50 more variables: spectators <int>, play_off_pair <int>,
#> # play_off_phase <int>, play_off_req_wins <int>, buy_tickets_url <chr>,
#> # ice_rink_id <int>, ice_rink_name <chr>, ice_rink_latitude <dbl>,
#> # ice_rink_longitude <dbl>, ice_rink_street_address <chr>,
#> # ice_rink_zip <chr>, ice_rink_city <chr>, current_period <int>, stale <lgl>,
#> # serie <chr>, game_week <int>, home_team_id <int>, home_team_slug <chr>, …
# }