Aggregator helper that combines biographical information
from the NHL player landing endpoint with the player's season-by-season
career totals. Returns a single multi-row "career-by-season" data frame.
Mirrors the Stats.player_career_stats convenience helper from the
nhl-api-py Python client.
Value
A data frame (fastRhockey_data) with the following columns:
| col_name | types | description |
| player_id | integer | Unique player identifier. |
| first_name | character | Player first name. |
| last_name | character | Player last name. |
| position | character | Player position. |
| assists | integer | Assists. |
| game_type_id | integer | Game type the row belongs to. |
| games_played | integer | Games played. |
| goals | integer | Goals scored. |
| league_abbrev | character | League abbreviation. |
| pim | integer | Penalty minutes. |
| points | integer | Total points (goals + assists). |
| season | integer | Season (concluding year, YYYY). |
| sequence | integer | Sequence order of the season row. |
| game_winning_goals | integer | Game-winning goals. |
| plus_minus | integer | Plus/minus rating. |
| power_play_goals | integer | Power play goals. |
| shorthanded_goals | integer | Shorthanded goals. |
| shots | integer | Shots on goal. |
| avg_toi | character | Average time on ice. |
| faceoff_winning_pctg | numeric | Faceoff winning percentage. |
| ot_goals | integer | Overtime goals. |
| power_play_points | integer | Power play points. |
| shooting_pctg | numeric | Shooting percentage. |
| shorthanded_points | integer | Shorthanded points. |
| team_name_default | character | Team name (default locale). |
| team_name_cs | character | Team name (Czech locale). |
| team_name_de | character | Team name (German locale). |
| team_name_es | character | Team name (Spanish locale). |
| team_name_fi | character | Team name (Finnish locale). |
| team_name_sk | character | Team name (Slovak locale). |
| team_name_sv | character | Team name (Swedish locale). |
| team_name_fr | character | Team name (French locale). |
| team_common_name_default | character | Team common name (default locale). |
| team_common_name_cs | character | Team common name (Czech locale). |
| team_common_name_de | character | Team common name (German locale). |
| team_common_name_es | character | Team common name (Spanish locale). |
| team_common_name_fi | character | Team common name (Finnish locale). |
| team_common_name_sk | character | Team common name (Slovak locale). |
| team_common_name_sv | character | Team common name (Swedish locale). |
| team_place_name_with_preposition_default | character | Team place name with preposition. |
| team_place_name_with_preposition_fr | character | Team place name with preposition (FR). |
Examples
# \donttest{
try(nhl_player_career_stats(player_id = 8478402))
#> ── NHL Player Career Stats ──────────────────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 07:20:17 UTC
#> # A tibble: 36 × 41
#> player_id first_name last_name position assists game_type_id games_played
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1 8478402 Connor McDavid C 7 2 7
#> 2 8478402 Connor McDavid C 50 2 33
#> 3 8478402 Connor McDavid C 65 2 41
#> 4 8478402 Connor McDavid C 32 2 17
#> 5 8478402 Connor McDavid C 15 3 14
#> 6 8478402 Connor McDavid C 41 2 63
#> 7 8478402 Connor McDavid C 6 2 7
#> 8 8478402 Connor McDavid C 71 2 56
#> 9 8478402 Connor McDavid C 15 3 14
#> 10 8478402 Connor McDavid C 76 2 47
#> # ℹ 26 more rows
#> # ℹ 34 more variables: goals <int>, league_abbrev <chr>, pim <int>,
#> # points <int>, season <int>, sequence <int>, game_winning_goals <int>,
#> # plus_minus <int>, power_play_goals <int>, shorthanded_goals <int>,
#> # shots <int>, avg_toi <chr>, faceoff_winning_pctg <dbl>, ot_goals <int>,
#> # power_play_points <int>, shooting_pctg <dbl>, shorthanded_points <int>,
#> # team_name_default <chr>, team_name_cs <chr>, team_name_de <chr>, …
# }