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NHL Game Boxscore

Source: R/nhl_game_boxscore.R
nhl_game_boxscore.Rd

Retrieve boxscore data for a specific NHL game from the NHL web API (api-web.nhle.com).

Usage

nhl_game_boxscore(game_id)

Arguments

game_id

(integer) NHL game ID, e.g. 2024020001.

Value

A named list containing:

  • game_info — one-row tibble with game metadata (id, season, game type, date, venue, teams, final score, shots on goal).

  • team_box — two-row tibble (away / home) with team-level totals.

  • skater_stats — tibble of all skater (forward + defense) individual stats for both teams.

  • goalie_stats — tibble of all goalie individual stats for both teams.

Details

Uses the endpoint https://api-web.nhle.com/v1/gamecenter/{game_id}/boxscore.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
  box <- nhl_game_boxscore(2024020001)
  box$game_info
  box$skater_stats
} # }