Returns the glossary of stat definitions from the NHL Stats
REST API (https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/{lang}/glossary). Useful to
look up what a given abbreviation or statistic (e.g., PIM) means.
Value
A data frame (fastRhockey_data) with the following columns:
| col_name | types | description |
| id | integer | Unique glossary entry identifier. |
| abbreviation | character | Statistic abbreviation. |
| definition | character | Definition of the statistic. |
| first_season_for_stat | integer | First season the stat was tracked. |
| full_name | character | Full name of the statistic. |
| language_code | character | Language code of the entry. |
| last_updated | character | Timestamp the entry was last updated. |
Examples
# \donttest{
try(nhl_stats_glossary())
#> ── NHL Stats Glossary ───────────────────────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 07:20:56 UTC
#> # A tibble: 321 × 7
#> id abbreviation definition first_season_for_stat full_name language_code
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <int> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 1046 General conce… Teams pla… 20092010 5-on-5 s… en
#> 2 1047 A Assists c… 19171918 Assists en
#> 3 1048 A (5-on-5) Player's … 20092010 Assists … en
#> 4 1049 A/60 (5-on-5) Player's … 20092010 Assists … en
#> 5 1050 A/GP In compar… 19171918 Assists … en
#> 6 1051 Bench Bench min… NA Bench pe… en
#> 7 1052 Ctry A player'… NA Birth co… en
#> 8 1053 BkS A blocked… 19971998 Blocked … en
#> 9 1054 BkS/60 Player's … 19971998 Blocked … en
#> 10 1055 BkS/GP Blocked s… 19971998 Blocked … en
#> # ℹ 311 more rows
#> # ℹ 1 more variable: last_updated <chr>
# }