NHL Divisions — nhl_divisions • fastRhockey

Returns information on NHL divisions derived from standings data.

The original NHL Stats API divisions endpoint is no longer available. This function now extracts division information from the standings endpoint at api-web.nhle.com.

Usage

nhl_divisions(date = NULL)

Arguments

date: Character date in "YYYY-MM-DD" format. If NULL, returns current divisions.

Value

A data frame (fastRhockey_data) with the following columns:

col_name	types	description
division_name	character	Division name (e.g. "Atlantic", "Metropolitan").
division_abbrev	character	Division abbreviation.
conference_name	character	Parent conference name.

Examples

# \donttest{
   try(nhl_divisions())
#> ── NHL Divisions from NHL.com ───────────────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 03:24:54 UTC
#> # A tibble: 4 × 3
#>   division_name division_abbrev conference_name
#>   <chr>         <chr>           <chr>          
#> 1 Central       C               Western        
#> 2 Metropolitan  M               Eastern        
#> 3 Atlantic      A               Eastern        
#> 4 Pacific       P               Western        
# }