NHL API Data Scraper

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🏒 What It Does

Extracts real-time NHL hockey data from the official NHL public API (api-web.nhle.com). Get league standings, game schedules, team rosters, and detailed player statistics — all without any API key.

📊 Data Modes

🚀 How to Use

1. Select a mode — Choose what type of data you want to extract
2. Configure parameters — Set team abbreviation, player IDs, or date as needed
3. Run the Actor — Click "Start" and wait for results
4. Download data — Export as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the dataset

Input Examples

Get current standings:

{
"mode":"standings"
}

Get games for a specific date:

{
"mode":"schedule",
"date":"2026-03-15"
}

Get a team's roster:

{
"mode":"roster",
"team_abbrev":"EDM"
}

Get player stats for specific players:

{
"mode":"player_stats",
"player_ids":"8478402,8479318,8477492"
}

📋 Sample Output

Standings Mode

{
"team_name":"Colorado Avalanche",
"team_abbrev":"COL",
"conference":"Western",
"division":"Central",
"games_played":66,
"wins":44,
"losses":13,
"ot_losses":9,
"points":97,
"goals_for":249,
"goals_against":170,
"goal_differential":79,
"league_rank":1,
"home_record":"24-5-3",
"away_record":"20-8-6",
"fetched_at":"2026-03-18T12:00:00"
}

Player Stats Mode

{
"player_id":8478402,
"full_name":"Connor McDavid",
"team_abbrev":"EDM",
"position":"C",
"sweater_number":97,
"games_played":60,
"goals":37,
"assists":78,
"points":115,
"plus_minus":25,
"career_games":650,
"career_goals":350,
"career_points":980,
"fetched_at":"2026-03-18T12:00:00"
}

🏒 Team Abbreviations

⚡ Finding Player IDs

Player IDs can be found in NHL.com player page URLs. For example:

• Connor McDavid: https://www.nhl.com/player/connor-mcdavid-8478402 → ID: 8478402
• Auston Matthews: https://www.nhl.com/player/auston-matthews-8479318 → ID: 8479318

📝 Notes

• No API key required — Uses the free NHL public API
• Rate limiting — Built-in retry logic with backoff for API rate limits
• Current season — Defaults to the current NHL season when no date/season is specified
• Data freshness — Standings and stats are updated in near real-time by the NHL
• All 32 teams — Supports all current NHL franchises