Returns league-wide goalie statistical leaders for a given season and game type. Supports multiple stat categories.
Arguments
- season
Integer 4-digit year (e.g., 2024 for the 2024-25 season). If NULL, returns current season leaders.
- game_type
Integer game type: 2 = regular season (default), 3 = playoffs
- categories
Character vector of stat categories (e.g., "wins", "gaa", "savePctg", "shutouts"). If NULL, returns all available categories.
- limit
Integer maximum number of leaders per category. If NULL, uses API default.
Value
A data frame (fastRhockey_data) with the following columns:
| col_name | types | description |
| id | integer | Unique player identifier. |
| sweater_number | integer | Jersey number. |
| headshot | character | Player headshot image URL. |
| team_abbrev | character | Team abbreviation. |
| team_logo | character | Team logo URL. |
| position | character | Player position. |
| value | numeric | Statistical value for the category. |
| first_name_default | character | Player first name (default locale). |
| last_name_default | character | Player last name (default locale). |
| team_name_default | character | Team name (default locale). |
| first_name_cs | character | Player first name (Czech locale). |
| first_name_sk | character | Player first name (Slovak locale). |
| last_name_cs | character | Player last name (Czech locale). |
| last_name_sk | character | Player last name (Slovak locale). |
| category | character | Stat leader category. |
| last_name_fi | character | Player last name (Finnish locale). |
| team_name_fr | character | Team name (French locale). |
Examples
# \donttest{
try(nhl_goalie_stats_leaders())
#> ── NHL Goalie Stats Leaders ────────────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0.9000 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-10-13 01:57:31 UTC
#> # A tibble: 20 × 15
#> id sweater_number headshot team_abbrev team_logo position value
#> <int> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl>
#> 1 8480280 1 https://assets.n… BOS https://… G 4
#> 2 8476999 35 https://assets.n… OTT https://… G 4
#> 3 8482661 30 https://assets.n… MIN https://… G 3
#> 4 8478048 31 https://assets.n… NYR https://… G 3
#> 5 8478872 70 https://assets.n… UTA https://… G 3
#> 6 8479979 29 https://assets.n… DAL https://… G 2
#> 7 8484170 32 https://assets.n… MTL https://… G 1
#> 8 8480193 80 https://assets.n… DET https://… G 1
#> 9 8482193 33 https://assets.n… NYR https://… G 1
#> 10 8480981 30 https://assets.n… STL https://… G 1
#> 11 8480193 80 https://assets.n… DET https://… G 0.974
#> 12 8479979 29 https://assets.n… DAL https://… G 0.963
#> 13 8482193 33 https://assets.n… NYR https://… G 0.946
#> 14 8476999 35 https://assets.n… OTT https://… G 0.942
#> 15 8483703 1 https://assets.n… PIT https://… G 0.939
#> 16 8480193 80 https://assets.n… DET https://… G 0.660
#> 17 8479979 29 https://assets.n… DAL https://… G 0.743
#> 18 8482193 33 https://assets.n… NYR https://… G 1.20
#> 19 8476999 35 https://assets.n… OTT https://… G 1.34
#> 20 8484170 32 https://assets.n… MTL https://… G 1.46
#> # ℹ 8 more variables: first_name_default <chr>, last_name_default <chr>,
#> # team_name_default <chr>, team_name_fr <chr>, last_name_cs <chr>,
#> # last_name_fi <chr>, last_name_sk <chr>, category <chr>
# }