National Hockey League

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.

National Hockey League publishes 9 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Game Center API, Players API, Schedule API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include Sports, Hockey, Entertainment, and Professional League.

The National Hockey League catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

National Hockey League’s developer surface includes engineering blog and 7 more developer resources.

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1 published contract

Sports Hockey Entertainment Professional League

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Gaming

AE-180

Stats

GET /v1/skater-stats-leaders/current GET /v1/goalie-stats-leaders/current

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Composite quality — 16.1/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 8.9 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 17

Access Clarity 0.0 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 11

Contract Governance 1.4 / 10

Discoverability 4.9 / 9

Regulatory Posture 0.0 / 15

Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey) Ask about this →
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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

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APIs 9

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

NHL Web API

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...

NHL Stats API (Legacy)

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, an...

National Hockey League Game Center API

The Game Center API from National Hockey League — 2 operation(s) for game center.

National Hockey League Players API

The Players API from National Hockey League — 2 operation(s) for players.

National Hockey League Schedule API

The Schedule API from National Hockey League — 1 operation(s) for schedule.

National Hockey League Scores API

The Scores API from National Hockey League — 2 operation(s) for scores.

National Hockey League Standings API

The Standings API from National Hockey League — 2 operation(s) for standings.

National Hockey League Stats API

The Stats API from National Hockey League — 2 operation(s) for stats.

National Hockey League Teams API

The Teams API from National Hockey League — 4 operation(s) for teams.

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Open Collections 8

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

NHL Web Game Center API

OPEN COLLECTION

NHL Web Game Center Players API

OPEN COLLECTION

NHL Web Game Center Schedule API

OPEN COLLECTION

NHL Web Game Center Scores API

OPEN COLLECTION

NHL Web Game Center Standings API

OPEN COLLECTION

NHL Web Game Center Stats API

OPEN COLLECTION

NHL Web Game Center Teams API

OPEN COLLECTION

NHL Web API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

National Hockey League API Rules

44 rules · 42 error-severity 1 warn-severity 1 info-severity

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

National Hockey League Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

National Hockey League Agentic Access

15 operations

15 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Stats

Stats

NHLEdge

NHLEdge

Source (apis.yml)

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
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/national-hockey-league.png
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: '2026-10-06'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
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
- aid: national-hockey-league:national-hockey-league-game-center-api
  name: National Hockey League Game Center API
  description: The Game Center API from National Hockey League — 2 operation(s) for game center.
  humanURL: https://api-web.nhle.com/
  baseURL: https://api-web.nhle.com/
  tags:
  - Game Center
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-hockey-league-game-center-api-openapi.yml
- aid: national-hockey-league:national-hockey-league-players-api
  name: National Hockey League Players API
  description: The Players API from National Hockey League — 2 operation(s) for players.
  humanURL: https://api-web.nhle.com/
  baseURL: https://api-web.nhle.com/
  tags:
  - Player
  tags_raw:
  - Players
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-hockey-league-players-api-openapi.yml
- aid: national-hockey-league:national-hockey-league-schedule-api
  name: National Hockey League Schedule API
  description: The Schedule API from National Hockey League — 1 operation(s) for schedule.
  humanURL: https://api-web.nhle.com/
  baseURL: https://api-web.nhle.com/
  tags:
  - Schedule
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-hockey-league-schedule-api-openapi.yml
- aid: national-hockey-league:national-hockey-league-scores-api
  name: National Hockey League Scores API
  description: The Scores API from National Hockey League — 2 operation(s) for scores.
  humanURL: https://api-web.nhle.com/
  baseURL: https://api-web.nhle.com/
  tags:
  - Scores
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-hockey-league-scores-api-openapi.yml
- aid: national-hockey-league:national-hockey-league-standings-api
  name: National Hockey League Standings API
  description: The Standings API from National Hockey League — 2 operation(s) for standings.
  humanURL: https://api-web.nhle.com/
  baseURL: https://api-web.nhle.com/
  tags:
  - Standings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-hockey-league-standings-api-openapi.yml
- aid: national-hockey-league:national-hockey-league-stats-api
  name: National Hockey League Stats API
  description: The Stats API from National Hockey League — 2 operation(s) for stats.
  humanURL: https://api-web.nhle.com/
  baseURL: https://api-web.nhle.com/
  tags:
  - Stats
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-hockey-league-stats-api-openapi.yml
- aid: national-hockey-league:national-hockey-league-teams-api
  name: National Hockey League Teams API
  description: The Teams API from National Hockey League — 4 operation(s) for teams.
  humanURL: https://api-web.nhle.com/
  baseURL: https://api-web.nhle.com/
  tags:
  - Team
  tags_raw:
  - Teams
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-hockey-league-teams-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/national-hockey-league-capability-edges.yml
  name: National Hockey League Business Capability Map
- url: https://www.nhl.com/news/
  type: Blog
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/national-hockey-league-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/national-hockey-league-domain-security.yml
- 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

National Hockey League API — frequently asked questions

Does National Hockey League have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 9 APIs from National Hockey League, including NHL Web API, NHL Stats API (Legacy) and National Hockey League Game Center API, and 6 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the National Hockey League API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 7 OpenAPI specifications for National Hockey League, each linked for download from this page.

Is the National Hockey League API ready for AI agents?

National Hockey League has a Kin Score of 16.1 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 19.1 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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