Load fastRhockey NHL skater box scores

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

Usage

load_nhl_skater_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.
position	character	Player position.
goals	integer	Goals scored.
assists	integer	Assists.
points	integer	Total points (goals + assists).
plus_minus	integer	Plus/minus rating.
pim	integer	Penalty minutes.
hits	integer	Hits.
power_play_goals	integer	Power play goals.
shots_on_goal	integer	Shots on goal.
faceoff_winning_pctg	numeric	Faceoff win percentage.
toi	character	Time on ice.
blocked_shots	integer	Blocked shots.
shifts	integer	Number of shifts.
giveaways	integer	Giveaways.
takeaways	integer	Takeaways.

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(load_nhl_skater_box(2022))
#> Warning: cannot open URL 'https://github.com/sportsdataverse/sportsdataverse-data/releases/download/nhl_skater_boxscores/skater_box_2022.rds': HTTP status was '404 Not Found'
#> Warning: Failed to readRDS from <https://github.com/sportsdataverse/sportsdataverse-data/releases/download/nhl_skater_boxscores/skater_box_2022.rds>
#> ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> # A tibble: 0 × 0
# }