Returns teams belonging to a given division, 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.
Value
Returns a data frame of teams in the specified division with columns
from nhl_standings filtered by division.
Examples
# \donttest{
try(nhl_divisions_info(division_name = "Atlantic"))
#> ── NHL Division Information from NHL.com ────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-04-13 17:04:26 UTC
#> # A tibble: 8 × 36
#> team_abbr team_name team_common_name team_logo conference_name division_abbrev
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 BUF Buffalo … Sabres https://… Eastern A
#> 2 MTL Montréal… Canadiens https://… Eastern A
#> 3 TBL Tampa Ba… Lightning https://… Eastern A
#> 4 BOS Boston B… Bruins https://… Eastern A
#> 5 OTT Ottawa S… Senators https://… Eastern A
#> 6 DET Detroit … Red Wings https://… Eastern A
#> 7 FLA Florida … Panthers https://… Eastern A
#> 8 TOR Toronto … Maple Leafs https://… Eastern A
#> # ℹ 30 more variables: 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>, road_losses <int>, …
# }