fastRhockey-nhl-raw

Raw NHL game JSON data scraped from the NHL API via fastRhockey.

  graph LR;
    A[fastRhockey-nhl-raw]-->B[fastRhockey-nhl-data];
    B[fastRhockey-nhl-data]-->C1[nhl_pbp_full];
    B[fastRhockey-nhl-data]-->C2[nhl_pbp_lite];
    B[fastRhockey-nhl-data]-->C3[nhl_team_boxscores];
    B[fastRhockey-nhl-data]-->C4[nhl_player_boxscores];
    B[fastRhockey-nhl-data]-->C5[nhl_rosters];
    B[fastRhockey-nhl-data]-->C6[nhl_schedules];

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fastRhockey NHL workflow diagram

flowchart TB;
    subgraph A[fastRhockey-nhl-raw];
        direction TB;
        A1[scripts/daily_nhl_scraper.sh]-->A2[R/scrape_nhl_raw.R];
    end;

    subgraph B[fastRhockey-nhl-data];
        direction TB;
        B1[scripts/daily_nhl_R_processor.sh]-->B2[R/nhl_data_creation.R];
    end;

    subgraph C[sportsdataverse Releases];
        direction TB;
        C1[nhl_pbp_full];
        C2[nhl_pbp_lite];
        C3[nhl_team_boxscores];
        C4[nhl_player_boxscores];
        C5[nhl_rosters];
        C6[nhl_schedules];
    end;

    A-->B;
    B-->C1;
    B-->C2;
    B-->C3;
    B-->C4;
    B-->C5;
    B-->C6;

    click C1 "https://github.com/sportsdataverse/sportsdataverse-data/releases/tag/nhl_pbp_full" _blank;
    click C2 "https://github.com/sportsdataverse/sportsdataverse-data/releases/tag/nhl_pbp_lite" _blank;
    click C3 "https://github.com/sportsdataverse/sportsdataverse-data/releases/tag/nhl_team_boxscores" _blank;
    click C4 "https://github.com/sportsdataverse/sportsdataverse-data/releases/tag/nhl_player_boxscores" _blank;
    click C5 "https://github.com/sportsdataverse/sportsdataverse-data/releases/tag/nhl_rosters" _blank;
    click C6 "https://github.com/sportsdataverse/sportsdataverse-data/releases/tag/nhl_schedules" _blank;

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sportsdataverse-data releases

Release tag	Content
nhl_pbp_full	NHL play-by-play data (full, includes shifts)
nhl_pbp_lite	NHL play-by-play data (lite, no shift CHANGE events)
nhl_team_boxscores	NHL team box scores
nhl_player_boxscores	NHL player box scores (skaters + goalies)
nhl_rosters	NHL rosters
nhl_schedules	NHL schedules

Structure

nhl/
├── json/
│   ├── raw/              # Raw NHL API responses per game
│   └── final/            # Processed via fastRhockey pipeline (PBP, box scores, game info)
├── schedules/
│   ├── rds/              # Season schedules (nhl_schedule_{year}.rds)
│   └── parquet/          # Season schedules in parquet format
├── nhl_schedule_master.rds       # Combined schedule across all seasons
└── nhl_schedule_master.parquet

Automation

• Scraping workflow runs daily during the NHL season
• On push, triggers the fastRhockey-nhl-data repo to compile datasets

Related repositories

fastRhockey-nhl-raw data repository (source: NHL API)

fastRhockey-nhl-data repository (source: NHL API)

fastRhockey-pwhl-raw data repository (source: HockeyTech API)

fastRhockey-pwhl-data repository (source: HockeyTech API)

fastRhockey-data legacy repository (archived; sources: NHL Stats API + PHF)

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