# NHL Stats API (Legacy)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/national-hockey-league/nhl-stats-api/  
**Provider:** National Hockey League — https://apis.io/providers/national-hockey-league/  
**Base URL:** https://api.nhle.com/  
**Documentation:** https://api.nhle.com/

NHL Stats API (Legacy) is one of 9 APIs that [National Hockey League](https://apis.io/providers/national-hockey-league/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Sports, Hockey, Stats, Historical Data, and Play-by-Play.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/national-hockey-league/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other National Hockey League APIs (8)

- [NHL Web API](https://apis.io/apis/national-hockey-league/nhl-web-api/)
- [National Hockey League Game Center API](https://apis.io/apis/national-hockey-league/national-hockey-league-game-center-api/)
- [National Hockey League Players API](https://apis.io/apis/national-hockey-league/national-hockey-league-players-api/)
- [National Hockey League Schedule API](https://apis.io/apis/national-hockey-league/national-hockey-league-schedule-api/)
- [National Hockey League Scores API](https://apis.io/apis/national-hockey-league/national-hockey-league-scores-api/)
- [National Hockey League Standings API](https://apis.io/apis/national-hockey-league/national-hockey-league-standings-api/)
- [National Hockey League Stats API](https://apis.io/apis/national-hockey-league/national-hockey-league-stats-api/)
- [National Hockey League Teams API](https://apis.io/apis/national-hockey-league/national-hockey-league-teams-api/)

## Tags

Sports, Hockey, Stats, Historical Data, Play-by-Play

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/national-hockey-league/nhl-stats-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/national-hockey-league/.