Helper that loads multiple seasons of NHL game-level metadata (venue, attendance, officials, etc.) from the sportsdataverse-data releases.
Usage
load_nhl_game_info(
seasons = most_recent_nhl_season(),
...,
dbConnection = NULL,
tablename = NULL
)Arguments
- seasons
A vector of 4-digit years (the end year of the NHL season; e.g., 2026 for the 2025-26 season). Min: 2011.
- ...
Additional arguments passed to an underlying function.
- dbConnection
A
DBIConnectionobject, as returned byDBI::dbConnect()- tablename
The name of the data table within the database
Value
A data frame (fastRhockey_data) with one row per game and the
following columns:
| col_name | types | description |
| game_id | integer | Unique game identifier. |
| season | integer | Season (concluding year, YYYY). |
| game_type | character | Game type the row belongs to (regular/playoffs). |
| game_date | character | Game date. |
| venue | character | Venue where the game was played. |
| home_team_abbr | character | Home team abbreviation. |
| away_team_abbr | character | Away team abbreviation. |
| home_score | integer | Home team final score. |
| away_score | integer | Away team final score. |
| game_state | character | Game status (e.g. FINAL/FUT). |
Examples
# \donttest{
try(load_nhl_game_info(2026))
#> ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> # A tibble: 1,392 × 10
#> game_id season game_type game_date venue home_team_abbr away_team_abbr
#> <int> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2025020001 20252026 R 2025-10-07 Amera… FLA CHI
#> 2 2025020002 20252026 R 2025-10-07 Madis… NYR PIT
#> 3 2025020003 20252026 R 2025-10-07 Crypt… LAK COL
#> 4 2025020004 20252026 R 2025-10-08 Scoti… TOR MTL
#> 5 2025020005 20252026 R 2025-10-08 Capit… WSH BOS
#> 6 2025020006 20252026 R 2025-10-08 Roger… EDM CGY
#> 7 2025020007 20252026 R 2025-10-08 T-Mob… VGK LAK
#> 8 2025020008 20252026 R 2025-10-09 TD Ga… BOS CHI
#> 9 2025020009 20252026 R 2025-10-09 KeyBa… BUF NYR
#> 10 2025020010 20252026 R 2025-10-09 Littl… DET MTL
#> # ℹ 1,382 more rows
#> # ℹ 3 more variables: home_score <int>, away_score <int>, game_state <chr>
# }