Load fastRhockey NHL goalie box scores — load_nhl_goalie

Helper that loads multiple seasons of pre-scraped NHL goalie box scores from the sportsdataverse-data releases.

Usage

load_nhl_goalie_box(
  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 DBIConnection object, as returned by DBI::dbConnect()
tablename: The name of the data table within the database

Value

A data frame (fastRhockey_data) with the following columns:

col_name	types	description
home_away	character	Home or away indicator.
team_id	integer	Unique team identifier.
team_abbrev	character	Team abbreviation/code.
player_id	integer	Unique player identifier.
player_name	character	Player name.
sweater_number	integer	Jersey number.
even_strength_shots_against	character	Even-strength shots against.
power_play_shots_against	character	Power play shots against.
shorthanded_shots_against	character	Shorthanded shots against.
save_shots_against	character	Saves / shots against.
save_pctg	numeric	Save percentage.
even_strength_goals_against	integer	Even-strength goals against.
power_play_goals_against	integer	Power play goals against.
shorthanded_goals_against	integer	Shorthanded goals against.
pim	integer	Penalty minutes.
goals_against	integer	Goals against.
toi	character	Time on ice.
starter	logical	Whether the goalie started the game.
decision	character	Goalie decision (W/L/O).
shots_against	integer	Shots faced.
saves	integer	Saves made.

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(load_nhl_goalie_box(2022))
#> Warning: cannot open URL 'https://github.com/sportsdataverse/sportsdataverse-data/releases/download/nhl_goalie_boxscores/goalie_box_2022.rds': HTTP status was '404 Not Found'
#> Warning: Failed to readRDS from <https://github.com/sportsdataverse/sportsdataverse-data/releases/download/nhl_goalie_boxscores/goalie_box_2022.rds>
#> ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> # A tibble: 0 × 0
# }