aid: national-hockey-league
name: National Hockey League
description: >-
  The National Hockey League (NHL) is the premier professional ice hockey
  league in North America, comprised of 32 franchises across the United States
  and Canada. The NHL produces the Stanley Cup playoffs and is one of the
  major North American professional sports leagues. The NHL does not publish
  an officially documented developer portal; the league operates undocumented
  JSON endpoints used by its first-party web and mobile apps
  (api-web.nhle.com) and provides advanced statistics through NHL EDGE.
  Commercial data feeds are licensed through SMT, Sportradar, and other
  approved partners.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Sports
  - Hockey
  - Entertainment
  - Professional League
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/national-hockey-league/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-05'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis:
  - aid: national-hockey-league:nhl-web-api
    name: NHL Web API
    description: >-
      Public but undocumented JSON API that powers NHL.com and the league's
      first-party web and mobile apps. Surfaces schedules, scores, play-by-play,
      standings, teams, players, draft, prospects, season standings, and
      franchise records. Widely consumed by the hockey-analytics and fan-tools
      community even though the NHL does not publish formal documentation or
      a rate-limit policy.
    humanURL: https://api-web.nhle.com/
    baseURL: https://api-web.nhle.com/
    tags:
      - Sports
      - Hockey
      - Stats
      - Scores
      - Schedule
  - aid: national-hockey-league:nhl-stats-api
    name: NHL Stats API (Legacy)
    description: >-
      Legacy statistics endpoint at api.nhle.com (and the older
      statsapi.web.nhl.com) used by community projects and analytics tools.
      Hosts deeper historical records, play-by-play, and shift data. Like the
      web API, this surface is undocumented and consumed via reverse-engineered
      conventions.
    humanURL: https://api.nhle.com/
    baseURL: https://api.nhle.com/
    tags:
      - Sports
      - Hockey
      - Stats
      - Historical Data
      - Play-by-Play
common:
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-hockey-league
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.nhl.com/
  - type: Stats
    url: https://www.nhl.com/stats/
  - type: NHLEdge
    url: https://edge.nhl.com/
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com