NHL API – Playoff Series Records

We've added series win/loss records for playoff games in our NHL API.

You can now access each team's series record entering a playoff matchup, in the Series Schedule feed and certain Game feeds.

playoff_series_wins_entering – Number of series wins the team has entering a playoff game
playoff_series_losses_entering – Number of series losses the team has entering a playoff game

Both attributes appear on each team object (home and away), are optional, and only appear in playoff games.

⭐ Benefit

Track and publish each team's series record for all NHL playoff matchups. For example, the Hurricanes are up 3-2 on the Golden Knights heading into Game 6.

📋 Recommended Actions

Read playoff_series_wins_entering and playoff_series_losses_entering from each team object in the Series Schedule and Game feeds to display a team's series standing (e.g. "up 3-2") entering a matchup.
Handle both as optional – they appear only on playoff (postseason) games and are absent for regular-season and preseason games. Null-check before rendering.
Note the location differs by feed and format: in the Series Schedule they're on the home/away objects; in the Game Summary, Boxscore, and Play-by-Play feeds they're on the team nodes. Map per feed rather than assuming one path.

☑️ Sample Requests:

Series Schedule

curl --request GET \
     --url https://api.sportradar.com/nhl/trial/v7/en/series/2025/PST/schedule.json \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

Game Summary

curl --request GET \
     --url https://api.sportradar.com/nhl/trial/v7/en/games/67674916-e908-4013-a6e4-3d2092befdda/summary.json \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

🔢 Products

Sport	Product	Version(s)
Ice Hockey	NHL API	v7

🔁 Endpoints Affected

Schedule

Series Schedule

Game

⚙️ Return Samples

<game id="7cd40ab7-e0a4-4d1e-a7b0-acf250e157f2" title="Game 6" status="closed" coverage="full" scheduled="2026-05-01T23:00:00+00:00" home_points="0" away_points="1" sr_id="sr:match:70558050" reference="30126" home_team="441713b7-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44" away_team="4417d3cb-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44">
    <venue id="2ee8c0bf-dfd1-480c-80df-4d5f66a9dc76" name="Bell Centre" capacity="21288" address="1909 Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montreal" city="Montreal" state="QC" zip="H3B 5E8" country="CAN" time_zone="US/Eastern" sr_id="sr:venue:6034">
        <location lat="45.49604" lng="-73.56937"/>
    </venue>
    <time_zones venue="US/Eastern" home="US/Eastern" away="US/Eastern"/>
    <home id="441713b7-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44" name="Montreal Canadiens" alias="MTL" seed="4" sr_id="sr:team:3690" reference="8" playoff_series_wins_entering="3" playoff_series_losses_entering="2"/>
    <away id="4417d3cb-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44" name="Tampa Bay Lightning" alias="TB" seed="3" sr_id="sr:team:3694" reference="14" playoff_series_wins_entering="2" playoff_series_losses_entering="3"/>
    <!-- ...additional game data omitted for brevity... -->
</game>

{
    "id": "15a3830a-f4d6-402b-9718-7adc38bba26c",
    "title": "Game 3",
    "status": "closed",
    "coverage": "full",
    "scheduled": "2026-05-25T00:00:00+00:00",
    "home_points": 5,
    "away_points": 3,
    "sr_id": "sr:match:70557986",
    "reference": "30323",
    "time_zones": {
        "venue": "US/Pacific",
        "home": "US/Pacific",
        "away": "US/Mountain"
    },
    "venue": {
        "id": "17d90f56-d6fc-4d73-9cc7-4991d6da72f4",
        "name": "T-Mobile Arena",
        "capacity": 17500,
        "address": "3780 South Las Vegas Boulevard",
        "city": "Las Vegas",
        "state": "NV",
        "zip": "89158",
        "country": "USA",
        "time_zone": "US/Pacific",
        "sr_id": "sr:venue:20621",
        "location": {
            "lat": "36.10277",
            "lng": "-115.17812"
        }
    },
    "broadcasts": [
        {
            "network": "ESPN",
            "type": "TV",
            "locale": "National",
            "channel": "206"
        },
        {
            "network": "SportsNet",
            "type": "TV",
            "locale": "International"
        },
        {
            "network": "CBC",
            "type": "TV",
            "locale": "International"
        },
        {
            "network": "TVAS",
            "type": "TV",
            "locale": "International"
        }
    ],
    "home": {
        "id": "42376e1c-6da8-461e-9443-cfcf0a9fcc4d",
        "name": "Vegas Golden Knights",
        "alias": "VGK",
        "seed": 4,
        "sr_id": "sr:team:344158",
        "reference": "54",
        "playoff_series_wins_entering": 2,
        "playoff_series_losses_entering": 0
    },
    "away": {
        "id": "4415ce44-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44",
        "name": "Colorado Avalanche",
        "alias": "COL",
        "seed": 1,
        "sr_id": "sr:team:3682",
        "reference": "21",
        "playoff_series_wins_entering": 0,
        "playoff_series_losses_entering": 2
    }
}

<game xmlns="http://feed.elasticstats.com/schema/hockey/game-v7.0.xsd" id="67674916-e908-4013-a6e4-3d2092befdda" status="closed" coverage="full" scheduled="2026-06-12T00:00:00+00:00" attendance="18761" entry_mode="INGEST" start_time="2026-06-12T00:21:00+00:00" end_time="2026-06-12T02:53:11+00:00" total_game_duration="60:00" clock="00:00" period="3" sr_id="sr:match:70558078" reference="30415" clock_decimal="00:00" is_outdoors="false" is_all_star_game="false" home_team="44182a9d-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44" away_team="42376e1c-6da8-461e-9443-cfcf0a9fcc4d">
    <season id="3c1bb21f-6523-4115-87ee-c8c16ed80421" year="2025" type="PST"/>
    <time_zones venue="US/Eastern" home="US/Eastern" away="US/Pacific"/>
    <venue id="1ea58cb6-6a28-4619-b010-747ecbc30aa7" name="Lenovo Center" capacity="18680" address="1400 Edwards Mill Road" city="Raleigh" state="NC" zip="27607" country="USA" time_zone="US/Eastern" sr_id="sr:venue:5956">
        <location lat="35.80345079214118" lng="-78.72182325990354"/>
    </venue>
    <team id="44182a9d-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44" name="Hurricanes" market="Carolina" points="4" sr_id="sr:team:3680" reference="12" playoff_series_wins_entering="2" playoff_series_losses_entering="2" strength="even" home="true">
        <record wins="53" losses="22" overtime_losses="7"/>
        <scoring>
            <period number="1" sequence="1" points="1"/>
            <period number="2" sequence="2" points="2"/>
            <period number="3" sequence="3" points="1"/>
        </scoring>
        <!-- ...omitted for brevity... -->
    </team>
    <team id="42376e1c-6da8-461e-9443-cfcf0a9fcc4d" name="Golden Knights" market="Vegas" points="2" sr_id="sr:team:344158" reference="54" playoff_series_wins_entering="2" playoff_series_losses_entering="2" strength="even">
        <record wins="39" losses="26" overtime_losses="17"/>
        <scoring>
            <period number="1" sequence="1" points="1"/>
            <period number="2" sequence="2" points="0"/>
            <period number="3" sequence="3" points="1"/>
        </scoring>
        <!-- ...omitted for brevity... -->
    </team>
</game>