Returns NHL team information for a given team abbreviation. Uses the new NHL API via nhl_teams.
Breaking change: The old team_id (integer) parameter has been replaced
by team_abbr (3-letter string, e.g., "TBL") because the new NHL API no
longer exposes numeric team IDs as a primary identifier.
Value
A data frame (fastRhockey_data) with the following columns:
| col_name | types | description |
| team_abbr | character | Team abbreviation. |
| team_name | character | Team name. |
| team_common_name | character | Team common name. |
| team_logo | character | URL to the team logo image. |
| conference_abbr | character | Conference abbreviation. |
| conference_name | character | Conference name. |
| division_abbr | character | Division abbreviation. |
| division_name | character | Division name. |
| place_name | character | Team place/city name. |
| games_played | integer | Games played. |
| wins | integer | Wins. |
| losses | integer | Losses. |
| ot_losses | integer | Overtime losses. |
| points | integer | Total points. |
| point_pctg | numeric | Points percentage. |
| goals_for | integer | Goals for. |
| goals_against | integer | Goals against. |
| goal_differential | integer | Goal differential. |
| streak_code | character | Current streak code (W/L/OT). |
| streak_count | integer | Length of the current streak. |
Examples
# \donttest{
try(nhl_teams_info(team_abbr = "TBL"))
#> ── NHL Teams Information from NHL.com ───────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 04:22:11 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 20
#> team_abbr team_name team_common_name team_logo conference_abbr conference_name
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 TBL Tampa Ba… Lightning https://… Eastern Eastern
#> # ℹ 14 more variables: division_abbr <chr>, division_name <chr>,
#> # place_name <chr>, games_played <int>, wins <int>, losses <int>,
#> # ot_losses <int>, points <int>, point_pctg <dbl>, goals_for <int>,
#> # goals_against <int>, goal_differential <int>, streak_code <chr>,
#> # streak_count <int>
# }