Player boxscore of one team in one match, one row per player.
Wraps GET https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/den.hokejovyzapis.cz/matches/{match_id}/team-stats/{team_id}.json of the Metal Ligaen eSports bucket. Example: https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/den.hokejovyzapis.cz/matches/575/team-stats/8.json.
Seasons are END years (2027 = 2026/27); every request waits at least one second after
the last one to the same host.
Arguments
- match_id
Match id (per-bucket match key space: match_id in metal_schedule). Not the league website's game id.
- team_id
Team id (per-bucket team key space: home_id / guest_id in metal_schedule).
- return_parsed
Parse the payload into a tibble (default
TRUE);FALSEreturns the raw decoded JSON body (a nested list).
Value
A tibble::tibble() with one row per row of the file (zero rows, carrying the documented columns, for an empty frame); the raw JSON list when return_parsed = FALSE. Columns:
| col_name | type | description |
| player_id | integer | Player id (playerId key space, per bucket, stable across games and seasons). |
| name | character | Player full name. |
| firstname | character | First name of the player in this row. |
| surname | character | Player last name. |
| birthdate | character | Birth date YYYY-MM-DD. |
| active | logical | True when the player is active on the team. |
| position | character | Position code: GK goalie, DE defence, FW / FO forward (FO meaning unverified). |
| stick | character | Handedness: left or right; null when unknown. |
| weight | integer | Weight in kg; 0 placeholder when unknown. |
| height | integer | Height in cm; 0 placeholder when unknown. |
| jersey | integer | Jersey number. |
| birth_country | character | Player's country of birth (name). |
| nationality | character | Nationality, country name. |
| nationality_short | character | Nationality, three-letter code (CAN, GER; UK for Britain). |
| team_shortcut | character | Three-letter team code. |
| games | integer | Games played. |
| goals | integer | goals in total (goals_home + goals_away: the body splits it by home and away games). |
| goals_home | integer | Split by venue: home = in the player's home games, away = in away games. |
| goals_away | integer | Split by venue: home = in the player's home games, away = in away games. |
| assists | integer | assists in total (assists_home + assists_away: the body splits it by home and away games). |
| assists_home | integer | Split by venue: home = in the player's home games, away = in away games. |
| assists_away | integer | Split by venue: home = in the player's home games, away = in away games. |
| points | integer | points in total (points_home + points_away: the body splits it by home and away games). |
| points_home | integer | Split by venue: home = in the player's home games, away = in away games. |
| points_away | integer | Split by venue: home = in the player's home games, away = in away games. |
| penalty_minutes | integer | Penalty minutes assessed to the player (this game, or to date in the season / league-part files). |
| positive | integer | Plus: on ice for goals for at even strength or shorthanded. |
| negative | integer | Minus: on ice for goals against at even strength or on the power play. |
| points_per_game | numeric | Average goals plus assists per game played. |
| shot_efficiency | numeric | Shooting percentage, goals / shots on goal x 100. |
| penalty_minutes_per_game | numeric | Average penalty minutes per game played. |
| pp_goals | integer | Power-play goals. |
| sh_goals | integer | Shorthanded goals. |
| gw_goals | integer | Game-winning goals. |
| shots_attempts | integer | Shot attempts (on goal + missed + blocked). |
| shots_on_goal | integer | shots_on_goal in total (shots_on_goal_home + shots_on_goal_away: the body splits it by home and away games). |
| shots_on_goal_home | integer | Split by venue: home = in the player's home games, away = in away games. |
| shots_on_goal_away | integer | Split by venue: home = in the player's home games, away = in away games. |
| shots_missed | integer | This player's shot attempts that missed the net. |
| shots_blocked | integer | This player's shot attempts that were blocked. |
| blocked_shots_by_player | integer | Opponent shots this player blocked. |
| faceoffs_win | integer | Face-offs the player won (this game, or to date in the season / league-part files). |
| faceoffs_losses | integer | Face-offs the player lost (this game, or to date in the season / league-part files). |
| faceoffs_count | integer | Face-offs the player took (this game, or to date in the season / league-part files). |
| timeonice | numeric | Time on ice, seconds with decimals (tracking-based; differs from timeOnIce). |
| timeonice_eq | numeric | Time on ice at even strength (EQ), on the power play (PP) or shorthanded (SH), seconds with decimals. |
| timeonice_pp | numeric | Time on ice at even strength (EQ), on the power play (PP) or shorthanded (SH), seconds with decimals. |
| timeonice_sh | numeric | Time on ice at even strength (EQ), on the power play (PP) or shorthanded (SH), seconds with decimals. |
| hits | integer | Body checks delivered. |
| xg | numeric | Expected goals of the player's shots. |
| top5 | logical | True when the player ranks in the team's top five. |
| rank | integer | Rank of the player in the file's default sort (points). |
Errors
Signalled as classed conditions: fastRhockey_no_data when the bucket has no such key (S3 404 NoSuchKey: unknown season, competition, match or team) or the file holds no rows (an unplayed game, an empty shot shell); fastRhockey_asset_fetch for any other non-2xx answer (403 AccessDenied), a connection failure after retries, an empty or unreadable 200 body, an error envelope, a body of the wrong shape, or a body for another season or game; fastRhockey_bad_request for an HTTP 400/422 or an invalid argument. All three also inherit fastRhockey_error. Wrappers raise; they never warn and return an empty frame.
See also
Metal Ligaen (the league site whose widgets read this public eSports bucket)
Other Metal Ligaen eSports functions:
metal_game_center(),
metal_game_info(),
metal_goalie_box(),
metal_pbp(),
metal_schedule(),
metal_standings(),
metal_top_scorers()
Examples
# \donttest{
try(metal_player_box(match_id = 575, team_id = 8))
#> ── Metal Ligaen player_box from the eSports hokejovyzapis bucket ───────────────
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-10-13 01:56:59 UTC
#> # A tibble: 24 × 79
#> player_id name firstname surname birthdate active position stick weight
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <lgl> <chr> <chr> <int>
#> 1 124 Nikolaj K… "Nikolaj" Krag C… 1998-08-… TRUE FW left 92
#> 2 405 Jerkko Rä… "Jerkko" Rämö 2000-05-… TRUE DE left 80
#> 3 220 Miku Ronk… "Miku" Ronkai… 1997-08-… TRUE FW left 74
#> 4 400 Mathieu C… "Mathieu" Caron 2000-03-… TRUE GK left 86
#> 5 113 Niclas Kr… "Niclas" Krarup 2000-08-… TRUE FW left 85
#> 6 406 Jesse Vuo… "Jesse" Vuorela 2002-01-… TRUE DE right 84
#> 7 322 Bertram W… "Bertram" Witoms… 2006-08-… TRUE GK left 72
#> 8 104 Frederick… "Frederi… Amonds… 2006-05-… TRUE DE left 91
#> 9 402 Sebastian… "Sebasti… Bergho… 1993-05-… TRUE DE left 83
#> 10 110 Mikey Ber… "Mikey" Bergma… 2007-02-… TRUE FW left 80
#> # ℹ 14 more rows
#> # ℹ 70 more variables: height <int>, jersey <int>, birth_country <chr>,
#> # nationality <chr>, nationality_short <chr>, team_shortcut <chr>,
#> # games <int>, goals <int>, goals_home <int>, goals_away <int>,
#> # assists <int>, assists_home <int>, assists_away <int>, points <int>,
#> # points_home <int>, points_away <int>, penalty_minutes <int>,
#> # positive <int>, negative <int>, points_per_game <dbl>, …
# }