NHL Edge Team Skating Distance Top 10 — nhl_edge_team_skating_distance_top

Returns the NHL Edge top-10 team skating-distance leaderboard. Wraps https://api-web.nhle.com/v1/edge/team-skating-distance-top-10/{positions}/{strength}/{sortBy}/.... When season is NULL (default) the /now endpoint is used to fetch the current season.

Usage

nhl_edge_team_skating_distance_top_10(
  positions,
  strength,
  sort_by,
  season = NULL,
  game_type = 2
)

Arguments

positions: Character position filter (e.g., "F", "D", "all").
strength: Character strength state (e.g., "all", "ev", "pp", "pk").
sort_by: Character metric to sort the leaderboard by (e.g., "total", "per_60").
season: Optional 4-digit end-year (e.g., 2025 for the 2024-25 season), an 8-character API season (e.g., "20242025"), or NULL (default) for the current season via the /now endpoint.
game_type: Integer game type. 1 = preseason, 2 = regular season (default), 3 = playoffs.

Value

A data frame (fastRhockey_data) with the following columns:

col_name	types	description
team_abbrev	character	Team abbreviation.
team_slug	character	URL slug for the team.
team_common_name_default	character	Team common name (default language).
team_place_name_with_preposition_default	character	Team place name with preposition (default language).
team_team_logo_light	character	URL to the team light logo.
team_team_logo_dark	character	URL to the team dark logo.
distance_total_imperial	numeric	Total distance skated, in miles.
distance_total_metric	numeric	Total distance skated, in kilometers.
distance_per60_imperial	numeric	Distance skated per 60 minutes, in miles.
distance_per60_metric	numeric	Distance skated per 60 minutes, in kilometers.
distance_max_per_game_imperial	numeric	Maximum distance skated in a single game, in miles.
distance_max_per_game_metric	numeric	Maximum distance skated in a single game, in kilometers.
distance_max_per_game_overlay_game_date	character	Game date of the max-per-game performance.
distance_max_per_game_overlay_game_type	integer	Game type of the max-per-game performance.
distance_max_per_game_overlay_away_team_abbrev	character	Away team abbreviation in the max-per-game game.
distance_max_per_game_overlay_away_team_score	integer	Away team score in the max-per-game game.
distance_max_per_game_overlay_home_team_abbrev	character	Home team abbreviation in the max-per-game game.
distance_max_per_game_overlay_home_team_score	integer	Home team score in the max-per-game game.
distance_max_per_game_overlay_game_outcome_last_period_type	character	Last period type of the max-per-game game outcome.
distance_max_per_game_overlay_game_outcome_ot_periods	integer	Number of overtime periods in the max-per-game game.
distance_max_per_game_overlay_period_descriptor_max_regulation_periods	integer	Maximum regulation periods for the max-per-game game.
distance_max_per_game_overlay_period_descriptor_number	integer	Period number for the max-per-game game descriptor.
distance_max_per_game_overlay_period_descriptor_period_type	character	Period type for the max-per-game game descriptor.
distance_max_per_period_imperial	numeric	Maximum distance skated in a single period, in miles.
distance_max_per_period_metric	numeric	Maximum distance skated in a single period, in kilometers.
distance_max_per_period_overlay_game_date	character	Game date of the max-per-period performance.
distance_max_per_period_overlay_game_type	integer	Game type of the max-per-period performance.
distance_max_per_period_overlay_away_team_abbrev	character	Away team abbreviation in the max-per-period game.
distance_max_per_period_overlay_away_team_score	integer	Away team score in the max-per-period game.
distance_max_per_period_overlay_home_team_abbrev	character	Home team abbreviation in the max-per-period game.
distance_max_per_period_overlay_home_team_score	integer	Home team score in the max-per-period game.
distance_max_per_period_overlay_game_outcome_last_period_type	character	Last period type of the max-per-period game outcome.
distance_max_per_period_overlay_game_outcome_ot_periods	integer	Number of overtime periods in the max-per-period game.
distance_max_per_period_overlay_period_descriptor_max_regulation_periods	integer	Maximum regulation periods for the max-per-period game.
distance_max_per_period_overlay_period_descriptor_number	integer	Period number for the max-per-period game descriptor.
distance_max_per_period_overlay_period_descriptor_period_type	character	Period type for the max-per-period game descriptor.

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(nhl_edge_team_skating_distance_top_10(
    positions = "F",
    strength = "all",
    sort_by = "total"
  ))
#> ── NHL Edge Team Skating Distance Top 10 ────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 04:21:20 UTC
#> # A tibble: 10 × 36
#>    team_abbrev team_slug           team_common_name_def…¹ team_place_name_with…²
#>    <chr>       <chr>               <chr>                  <chr>                 
#>  1 VGK         vegas-golden-knigh… Golden Knights         Vegas                 
#>  2 CAR         carolina-hurricane… Hurricanes             Carolina              
#>  3 MTL         montreal-canadiens… Canadiens              Montréal              
#>  4 COL         colorado-avalanche… Avalanche              Colorado              
#>  5 BUF         buffalo-sabres-7    Sabres                 Buffalo               
#>  6 ANA         anaheim-ducks-24    Ducks                  Anaheim               
#>  7 MIN         minnesota-wild-30   Wild                   Minnesota             
#>  8 PHI         philadelphia-flyer… Flyers                 Philadelphia          
#>  9 TBL         tampa-bay-lightnin… Lightning              Tampa Bay             
#> 10 UTA         utah-mammoth-68     Mammoth                Utah                  
#> # ℹ abbreviated names: ¹team_common_name_default,
#> #   ²team_place_name_with_preposition_default
#> # ℹ 32 more variables: team_team_logo_light <chr>, team_team_logo_dark <chr>,
#> #   distance_total_imperial <dbl>, distance_total_metric <dbl>,
#> #   distance_per60_imperial <dbl>, distance_per60_metric <dbl>,
#> #   distance_max_per_game_imperial <dbl>, distance_max_per_game_metric <dbl>,
#> #   distance_max_per_game_overlay_game_date <chr>, …
# }