Returns teams belonging to a given conference, derived from standings data.
The original NHL Stats API conferences endpoint is no longer available.
This function now extracts conference information from the standings endpoint
at api-web.nhle.com.
Value
A data frame (fastRhockey_data) with the following columns:
| col_name | types | description |
| team_abbr | character | Team abbreviation. |
| team_name | character | Team name. |
| team_common_name | character | Team common (nickname) name. |
| team_logo | character | URL to the team logo image. |
| conference_name | character | Conference name. |
| division_abbrev | character | Division abbreviation. |
| division_name | character | Division name. |
| place_name | character | Team place (city) name. |
| conference_sequence | integer | Team's seeding position within the conference. |
| division_sequence | integer | Team's seeding position within the division. |
| league_sequence | integer | Team's seeding position within the league. |
| wildcard_sequence | integer | Team's wild card seeding position. |
| games_played | integer | Games played. |
| wins | integer | Wins. |
| losses | integer | Losses. |
| ot_losses | integer | Overtime losses. |
| points | integer | Standings points. |
| point_pctg | numeric | Points percentage. |
| regulation_wins | integer | Wins in regulation. |
| regulation_plus_ot_wins | integer | Wins in regulation plus overtime. |
| goals_for | integer | Goals scored. |
| goals_against | integer | Goals against. |
| goal_differential | integer | Goal differential (goals for minus goals against). |
| home_wins | integer | Home wins. |
| home_losses | integer | Home losses. |
| home_ot_losses | integer | Home overtime losses. |
| road_wins | integer | Road wins. |
| road_losses | integer | Road losses. |
| road_ot_losses | integer | Road overtime losses. |
| l10_wins | integer | Wins in the last ten games. |
| l10_losses | integer | Losses in the last ten games. |
| l10_ot_losses | integer | Overtime losses in the last ten games. |
| streak_code | character | Current streak type code (W/L/OT). |
| streak_count | integer | Length of the current streak. |
| shootout_wins | integer | Shootout wins. |
| shootout_losses | integer | Shootout losses. |
Examples
# \donttest{
try(nhl_conferences_info(conference_name = "Eastern"))
#> ── NHL Conference Information from NHL.com ──────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 04:21:03 UTC
#> # A tibble: 16 × 36
#> team_abbr team_name team_common_name team_logo conference_name
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 CAR Carolina Hurricanes Hurricanes https://ass… Eastern
#> 2 BUF Buffalo Sabres Sabres https://ass… Eastern
#> 3 TBL Tampa Bay Lightning Lightning https://ass… Eastern
#> 4 MTL Montréal Canadiens Canadiens https://ass… Eastern
#> 5 BOS Boston Bruins Bruins https://ass… Eastern
#> 6 OTT Ottawa Senators Senators https://ass… Eastern
#> 7 PIT Pittsburgh Penguins Penguins https://ass… Eastern
#> 8 PHI Philadelphia Flyers Flyers https://ass… Eastern
#> 9 WSH Washington Capitals Capitals https://ass… Eastern
#> 10 DET Detroit Red Wings Red Wings https://ass… Eastern
#> 11 CBJ Columbus Blue Jackets Blue Jackets https://ass… Eastern
#> 12 NYI New York Islanders Islanders https://ass… Eastern
#> 13 NJD New Jersey Devils Devils https://ass… Eastern
#> 14 FLA Florida Panthers Panthers https://ass… Eastern
#> 15 TOR Toronto Maple Leafs Maple Leafs https://ass… Eastern
#> 16 NYR New York Rangers Rangers https://ass… Eastern
#> # ℹ 31 more variables: division_abbrev <chr>, division_name <chr>,
#> # place_name <chr>, conference_sequence <int>, division_sequence <int>,
#> # league_sequence <int>, wildcard_sequence <int>, games_played <int>,
#> # wins <int>, losses <int>, ot_losses <int>, points <int>, point_pctg <dbl>,
#> # regulation_wins <int>, regulation_plus_ot_wins <int>, goals_for <int>,
#> # goals_against <int>, goal_differential <int>, home_wins <int>,
#> # home_losses <int>, home_ot_losses <int>, road_wins <int>, …
# }