nhlscraper

Scraper for National Hockey League Data

v0.7.0 · Jun 28, 2026 · GPL (>= 3)

Description

Scrapes and cleans data from the 'NHL' and 'ESPN' APIs into data.frames and lists. Wraps 125+ endpoints documented in <https://github.com/RentoSaijo/nhlscraper/wiki> from high-level multi-season summaries and award winners to low-level decisecond replays and bookmakers' odds, making them more accessible. Features cleaning and visualization tools, primarily for play-by-plays.

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Flavor	Status	Time
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang	OK	215s
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc	OK	201.1s
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang	OK	482.6s
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc	OK	518.6s
r-devel-windows-x86_64	OK	414s
r-oldrel-macos-arm64	OK	162s
r-oldrel-macos-x86_64	OK	328s
r-oldrel-windows-x86_64	OK	395s
r-patched-linux-x86_64	OK	212.8s
r-release-linux-x86_64	OK
r-release-macos-arm64	OK	162s
r-release-macos-x86_64	OK	341s
r-release-windows-x86_64	OK	433s

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OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 8, 2026

ERROR 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 7, 2026

ERROR r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

examples

Running massageExamples to create ‘nhlscraper-Ex.R’ failed
Error in file(out, "wt") : cannot open the connection
Calls: <Anonymous> -> Rd2ex -> file
In addition: Warning message:
In file(out, "wt") :
  cannot open file '/tmp/Rtmp3VI9R2/file237df072dca645/wsc_play_by_plays.R': No space left on device
Execution halted
 NONE

OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 6, 2026

ERROR 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 4, 2026

ERROR r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
--- re-building 'back-to-back-tax.Rmd' using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building 'back-to-back-tax.Rmd'

--- re-building 'draft-size-bias.Rmd' using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building 'draft-size-bias.Rmd'

--- re-bu
...[truncated]...
ayoff-size.Rmd'

--- re-building 'team-edge-archetypes.Rmd' using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building 'team-edge-archetypes.Rmd'

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  'playoff-size.Rmd'

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted

OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

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Version History

10 tracked

updated 0.7.0 ← 0.6.1 diff Jun 28, 2026

updated 0.6.1 ← 0.6.0 diff May 24, 2026

updated 0.6.0 ← 0.5.0 diff Apr 7, 2026

new 0.5.0 Mar 10, 2026

updated 0.5.0 ← 0.4.2 diff Feb 23, 2026

updated 0.4.2 ← 0.4.1 diff Jan 28, 2026

updated 0.4.1 ← 0.4.0 diff Dec 16, 2025

updated 0.4.0 ← 0.2.0 diff Nov 29, 2025

updated 0.2.0 ← 0.1.1 diff Jul 16, 2025

new 0.1.1 Jun 10, 2025