NHL - Additional Penalty Minutes

We've added support for Additional Penalty Minutes for players in our NHL API. These represent penalty minutes that go beyond standard minor, major, or misconduct penalties. The stat (penalty_minutes_additional) is available beginning in the 2025-26 season for players at the game and season level.

☑️ Sample Requests:

Game Summary - https://api.sportradar.com/nhl/trial/v7/en/games/{game_id}/summary.json

Seasonal Statistics - https://api.sportradar.com/nhl/trial/v7/en/seasons/2025/{season_type} /teams/{team_id}/statistics.json

🔢 Versions

NHL v7

🔁 Endpoints Affected

Game Boxscore, Game Summary, Player Profile, League Leaders (Skaters), Seasonal Statistics, Push Statistics

⚙️ Return Sample

{
  "id": "8fb52e5d-9678-43d6-9f79-64fb6a5ac4ea",
  "full_name": "Patrick Thomas",
  "first_name": "Patrick",
  "last_name": "Thomas",
  "handedness": "L",
  "position": "F",
  "primary_position": "C",
  "jersey_number": "49",
  "sr_id": "sr:player:2635407",
  "reference": "8484404",
  "statistics": {
                    "total": {
                        "goals": 0,
                        "assists": 1,
                        "penalties": 0,
                        "penalty_minutes": 0,
                        "shots": 1,
                        "blocked_att": 0,
                        "missed_shots": 0,
                        "hits": 0,
                        "giveaways": 0,
                        "takeaways": 0,
                        "blocked_shots": 0,
                        "faceoffs_won": 2,
                        "faceoffs_lost": 5,
                        "plus_minus": 1,
                        "shooting_pct": 0.0,
                        "faceoff_win_pct": 28.6,
                        "faceoffs": 7,
                        "points": 1,
                        "emptynet_goals": 0,
                        "first_star": 0,
                        "overtime_assists": 0,
                        "overtime_goals": 0,
                        "overtime_shots": 0,
                        "penalties_major": 0,
                        "penalties_match": 0,
                        "penalties_minor": 0,
                        "penalty_minutes_additional": 0,
                        "penalties_misconduct": 0,
                        "second_star": 0,
                        "third_star": 0
                      },

<players>
  <player id="cc2c58d7-2e45-41b6-984b-38e3bb6fd418" full_name="Chase Cheslock" first_name="Chase" last_name="Cheslock" handedness="R" position="D" primary_position="D" jersey_number="0" captain="N" scratched="true" sr_id="sr:player:2520519" reference="8484439">
            <statistics goals="0" assists="0" penalties="0" penalty_minutes="0" shots="0" blocked_att="0" missed_shots="0" hits="0" giveaways="0" takeaways="0" blocked_shots="0" faceoffs_won="0" faceoffs_lost="0" plus_minus="0" shooting_pct="0.0" faceoff_win_pct="0.0" faceoffs="0" points="0" emptynet_goals="0" first_star="0" overtime_assists="0" overtime_goals="0" overtime_shots="0" penalties_major="0" penalties_match="0" penalties_minor="0" penalty_minutes_additional="0" penalties_misconduct="0" second_star="0" third_star="0">
                <powerplay shots="0" goals="0" missed_shots="0" assists="0" faceoffs="0" faceoffs_won="0" faceoffs_lost="0" faceoff_win_pct="0.0"/>
                <shorthanded shots="0" goals="0" missed_shots="0" assists="0" faceoffs="0" faceoffs_won="0" faceoffs_lost="0" faceoff_win_pct="0.0"/>
                <evenstrength shots="0" goals="0" missed_shots="0" assists="0" faceoffs="0" faceoffs_won="0" faceoffs_lost="0" faceoff_win_pct="0.0"/>
                <penalty shots="0" goals="0" missed_shots="0"/>
                <shootout shots="0" goals="0" missed_shots="0"/>
                <periods>
                    <period id="41f58a89-4486-493a-8a83-f4bca31a0091" number="1" sequence="1" type="REG" assists="0" blocked_att="0" blocked_shots="0" faceoff_win_pct="0.0" faceoffs="0" faceoffs_lost="0" faceoffs_won="0" giveaways="0" goals="0" hits="0" missed_shots="0" penalties="0" penalty_minutes="0" points="0" shooting_pct="0.0" shots="0" takeaways="0">
                        <powerplay assists="0" goals="0" missed_shots="0" shots="0"/>
                        <shorthanded assists="0" goals="0" missed_shots="0" shots="0"/>
                        <evenstrength assists="0" goals="0" missed_shots="0" shots="0"/>
                        <penalty goals="0" missed_shots="0" shots="0"/>
                    </period>
                </periods>
            </statistics>
  </player>