goalie_leaders: Access the goalie statistics leaders for a season, game type,...

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Access the goalie statistics leaders for a season, game type, and category

Description

goalie_leaders() returns the NHL.com leaders table for one goalie category, season, and game type, with normalized player and team fields.

Usage

goalie_leaders(season = "current", game_type = "", category = "wins")

Arguments

season	integer in YYYYYYYY (e.g., 20242025); see seasons() for reference
game_type	integer in 1:3 (where 1 = pre-season, 2 = regular season, 3 = playoff/post-season) OR character of 'pre', 'regular', or playoff'/'post'; see seasons() for reference; most functions will NOT support pre-season
category	character of 'w'/'wins', 's'/shutouts', 's%'/'sP'/'save %'/'save percentage', or 'gaa'/'goals against average'

Value

data.frame with one row per player

Examples

GAA_leaders_regular_20242025 <- goalie_leaders(
  season    = 20242025,
  game_type = 2,
  category  = 'GAA'
)

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