Returns the current NHL player spotlight — featured players highlighted by the league.
Value
A data frame (fastRhockey_data) with the following columns:
| col_name | types | description |
| player_id | integer | Unique player identifier. |
| player_slug | character | URL slug for the player. |
| position | character | Player position. |
| sweater_number | integer | Player sweater (jersey) number. |
| team_id | integer | Unique team identifier. |
| headshot | character | URL of the player headshot image. |
| team_tri_code | character | Three-letter team code. |
| team_logo | character | URL of the team logo image. |
| sort_id | integer | Sort order identifier for the spotlight. |
| name_default | character | Player name (default localization). |
| name_cs | character | Player name (Czech localization). |
| name_fi | character | Player name (Finnish localization). |
| name_sk | character | Player name (Slovak localization). |
Examples
# \donttest{
try(nhl_player_spotlight())
#> ── NHL Player Spotlight ─────────────────────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 04:21:30 UTC
#> # A tibble: 10 × 13
#> player_id player_slug position sweater_number team_id headshot team_tri_code
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <int> <int> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 8484144 connor-beda… C 98 16 https:/… CHI
#> 2 8481540 cole-caufie… R 13 8 https:/… MTL
#> 3 8484801 macklin-cel… C 71 28 https:/… SJS
#> 4 8471675 sidney-cros… C 87 5 https:/… PIT
#> 5 8476945 connor-hell… G 37 52 https:/… WPG
#> 6 8481559 jack-hughes… C 86 1 https:/… NJD
#> 7 8477492 nathan-mack… C 29 21 https:/… COL
#> 8 8478402 connor-mcda… C 97 22 https:/… EDM
#> 9 8471214 alex-ovechk… L 8 15 https:/… WSH
#> 10 8485366 matthew-sch… D 48 2 https:/… NYI
#> # ℹ 6 more variables: team_logo <chr>, sort_id <int>, name_default <chr>,
#> # name_cs <chr>, name_fi <chr>, name_sk <chr>
# }