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.
Examples
# \donttest{
try(nhl_goalie_stats_leaders())
#> ── NHL Goalie Stats Leaders ─────────────────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-04-13 17:05:19 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 38
#> 2 8478872 70 https://assets.… UTA https://… G 37
#> 3 8479979 29 https://assets.… DAL https://… G 34
#> 4 8480313 48 https://assets.… WSH https://… G 31
#> 5 8480843 1 https://assets.… ANA https://… G 30
#> 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 8479406 32 https://assets.… MIN https://… G 4
#> 10 8475683 72 https://assets.… FLA https://… G 4
#> 11 8475809 41 https://assets.… COL https://… G 0.918
#> 12 8482661 30 https://assets.… MIN https://… G 0.914
#> 13 8476883 88 https://assets.… TBL https://… G 0.913
#> 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 2.10
#> 17 8476883 88 https://assets.… TBL https://… G 2.30
#> 18 8479193 1 https://assets.… DAL https://… G 2.34
#> 19 8478435 80 https://assets.… PHI https://… G 2.44
#> 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>
# }