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: 2026-06-24 02:05:45 UTC
#> # A tibble: 20 × 17
#> id sweater_number headshot team_abbrev team_logo position value
#> <int> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl>
#> 1 8476883 88 https://assets.… TBL https://… G 39
#> 2 8478872 70 https://assets.… UTA https://… G 38
#> 3 8479979 29 https://assets.… DAL https://… G 35
#> 4 8480313 48 https://assets.… WSH https://… G 31
#> 5 8475809 41 https://assets.… COL https://… G 31
#> 6 8478009 30 https://assets.… NYI https://… G 7
#> 7 8480981 30 https://assets.… STL https://… G 6
#> 8 8482661 30 https://assets.… MIN https://… G 4
#> 9 8475809 41 https://assets.… COL https://… G 4
#> 10 8479406 32 https://assets.… MIN https://… G 4
#> 11 8475809 41 https://assets.… COL https://… G 0.921
#> 12 8482661 30 https://assets.… MIN https://… G 0.916
#> 13 8476883 88 https://assets.… TBL https://… G 0.912
#> 14 8480313 48 https://assets.… WSH https://… G 0.912
#> 15 8478048 31 https://assets.… NYR https://… G 0.912
#> 16 8475809 41 https://assets.… COL https://… G 2.02
#> 17 8476883 88 https://assets.… TBL https://… G 2.31
#> 18 8478435 80 https://assets.… PHI https://… G 2.42
#> 19 8479193 1 https://assets.… DAL https://… G 2.43
#> 20 8480313 48 https://assets.… WSH https://… G 2.44
#> # ℹ 10 more variables: first_name_default <chr>, first_name_cs <chr>,
#> # first_name_sk <chr>, last_name_default <chr>, last_name_cs <chr>,
#> # last_name_fi <chr>, last_name_sk <chr>, team_name_default <chr>,
#> # category <chr>, first_name_fi <chr>
# }