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 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 03:25:22 UTC
#> # A tibble: 18 × 17
#> id sweater_number headshot team_abbrev team_logo position value
#> <int> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl>
#> 1 8479394 79 https://assets.… VGK https://… G 14
#> 2 8475883 31 https://assets.… CAR https://… G 13
#> 3 8482487 75 https://assets.… MTL https://… G 9
#> 4 8475809 41 https://assets.… COL https://… G 7
#> 5 8480843 1 https://assets.… ANA https://… G 6
#> 6 8475883 31 https://assets.… CAR https://… G 3
#> 7 8478435 80 https://assets.… PHI https://… G 2
#> 8 8476883 88 https://assets.… TBL https://… G 1
#> 9 8481668 37 https://assets.… PIT https://… G 0.939
#> 10 8476999 35 https://assets.… OTT https://… G 0.932
#> 11 8478435 80 https://assets.… PHI https://… G 0.922
#> 12 8475883 31 https://assets.… CAR https://… G 0.910
#> 13 8476341 31 https://assets.… LAK https://… G 0.909
#> 14 8481668 37 https://assets.… PIT https://… G 1.52
#> 15 8475883 31 https://assets.… CAR https://… G 1.89
#> 16 8476999 35 https://assets.… OTT https://… G 2.03
#> 17 8478024 33 https://assets.… ANA https://… G 2.12
#> 18 8483548 32 https://assets.… CAR https://… G 2.18
#> # ℹ 10 more variables: first_name_default <chr>, last_name_default <chr>,
#> # team_name_default <chr>, first_name_cs <chr>, first_name_sk <chr>,
#> # last_name_cs <chr>, last_name_sk <chr>, category <chr>, last_name_fi <chr>,
#> # team_name_fr <chr>
# }