NHL Edge Team Skating Speed Top 10

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

Usage

nhl_edge_team_skating_speed_top_10(
  positions,
  sort_by,
  season = NULL,
  game_type = 2
)

Arguments

positions

Character position filter (e.g., "F", "D", "all").

sort_by

Character metric to sort the leaderboard by (e.g., "total", "top_speed").

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 fastRhockey_data tibble with the top-10 team leaderboard, or NULL on failure / empty response.

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(nhl_edge_team_skating_speed_top_10(
    positions = "F",
    sort_by = "total"
  ))
#> Request failed [404]. Retrying in 1 seconds...
#> Request failed [404]. Retrying in 1 seconds...
#> 2026-04-13 17:05:13.155606: Error fetching https://api-web.nhle.com/v1/edge/team-skating-speed-top-10/F/total/now: The API returned an error
#> NULL
# }