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XML Hockey Play-by-Play Feed

This feed includes play-by-play data for pre-season, regular season, playoff and all-star games for NHL.

Feed Information

Detail

Info

Update Interval

As data is updated

Atom feed keyword

/hockey/play-by-play

HTTP NHL

http://xml.sportsdirectinc.com/sport/v2/hockey/NHL/play-by-play/(season-name)/play_by_play_NHL_(competition-id).xml

(warning) Note that the URLs listed above are not valid; keywords in parentheses must be replaced with real values.

League Data

Item

 

Notes

Sport Id

 

Sport Name

 

League Id

 

League Name

 

League Short Name

 

Season Data

Item

 

Notes

Id

 

Name

 

Start Date

 

End Date

 

Play-by-Play Data

Play-by-play data consists of a sequence of elements describing game events in order of when they occurred during the game.

Play

Item

 

Notes

Id

 

Sequence Number

orders the plays within the Play-by-Play
Period Number

 
Clock Time

 

Team

 

Play events

see Play Event description below

Play Event

Item

 

Notes

Type

see Play Event Type list below

Player

if the Play Event involves a player

Description

 

Player

Item

 

Notes

Id

 

First Name

 

Last Name

 

City

 

State

For Canada, USA only.

Country

 

Play Event Types

Type
shot
save
goal_even_strength
goal_power_play
goal_short_handed
goal_empty_net
goal_penalty_shot
assist
faceoff_won
faceoff_lost
shootout_goal
shootout_miss
shootout_save
penalty_player
penalty_team