NHL API - Year-to-Date Statistics in PBP
October 15th, 2025
We've added year-to-date goal and assist statistics for players in our NHL Game Play-by-Play endpoint.
Each goal score event now includes player objects for the goal scorer, primary assister, and secondary assister. Parse these fields to easily display a player's total season goals, primary assists, or secondary assists.
event.taken_by.scorer_ytd_goals— Year-to-date goals for a goal scorerevent.primary_assist.primary_assist_ytd_assists— Year-to-date primary assists for a primary assisterevent.secondary_assist.secondary_assist_ytd_assists— Year-to-date secondary assists for a secondary assister
☑️ Sample Requests:
Game Play-by-Play - https://api.sportradar.com/nhl/trial/v7/en/games/{game_id}/pbp.json
🔢 Versions
🔁 Endpoints Affected
- Game Play-by-Play
⚙️ Return Sample
{
"id": "47193681-c47d-4b4c-8e59-91630a8503b8",
"clock": "15:23",
"official": true,
"updated": "2025-10-15T04:18:27Z",
"wall_clock": "2025-10-14T23:26:26Z",
"description": "Goal scored by Alex Newhook assisted by Ivan Demidov and Alexandre Carrier",
"away_points": 0,
"clock_decimal": "15:23",
"home_points": 1,
"sequence": 1760484386614,
"strength": "even",
"zone": "offensive",
"event_type": "goal",
"attribution": {
"id": "441713b7-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44",
"name": "Canadiens",
"market": "Montreal",
"team_goal": "right",
"sr_id": "sr:team:3690",
"reference": "8"
},
"taken_by": {
"full_name": "Alex Newhook",
"jersey_number": "15",
"reference": "8481618",
"id": "2b6963fd-3924-42c4-be6d-753087d2498f",
"scorer_ytd_goals": 1
},
"primary_assist": {
"full_name": "Ivan Demidov",
"jersey_number": "93",
"reference": "8484984",
"id": "49de95da-de4f-4c36-a5ff-300450ebf674",
"primary_assist_ytd_assists": 2
},
"secondary_assist": {
"full_name": "Alexandre Carrier",
"jersey_number": "45",
"reference": "8478851",
"id": "4e61366d-c43e-4716-8b86-a136a0f2a786",
"secondary_assist_ytd_assists": 1
},
"location": {
"coord_x": 192,
"coord_y": 528,
"action_area": "lowslot"
},
"details": {
"shot_type": "tip-in",
"goal_zone": "lower middle",
"distance": 6
},
"statistics": [
{
"goal": true,
"type": "shot",
"strength": "even",
"zone": "offensive",
"team": {
"id": "441713b7-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44",
"name": "Canadiens",
"market": "Montreal",
"sr_id": "sr:team:3690",
"reference": "8"
},
"player": {
"id": "2b6963fd-3924-42c4-be6d-753087d2498f",
"full_name": "Alex Newhook",
"jersey_number": "15",
"sr_id": "sr:player:1650187",
"reference": "8481618"
}
},
{
"type": "assist",
"strength": "even",
"zone": "offensive",
"assist_type": "primary",
"team": {
"id": "441713b7-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44",
"name": "Canadiens",
"market": "Montreal",
"sr_id": "sr:team:3690",
"reference": "8"
},
"player": {
"id": "49de95da-de4f-4c36-a5ff-300450ebf674",
"full_name": "Ivan Demidov",
"jersey_number": "93",
"sr_id": "sr:player:2487595",
"reference": "8484984"
}
},
{
"type": "assist",
"strength": "even",
"zone": "offensive",
"assist_type": "secondary",
"team": {
"id": "441713b7-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44",
"name": "Canadiens",
"market": "Montreal",
"sr_id": "sr:team:3690",
"reference": "8"
},
"player": {
"id": "4e61366d-c43e-4716-8b86-a136a0f2a786",
"full_name": "Alexandre Carrier",
"jersey_number": "45",
"sr_id": "sr:player:904496",
"reference": "8478851"
}
},
{
"saved": false,
"goal": true,
"type": "shotagainst",
"strength": "even",
"zone": "defensive",
"team": {
"id": "1fb48e65-9688-4084-8868-02173525c3e1",
"name": "Kraken",
"market": "Seattle",
"sr_id": "sr:team:794340",
"reference": "55"
},
"player": {
"id": "cd985f0a-3d12-45f9-9b97-cc448388e19e",
"full_name": "Joey Daccord",
"jersey_number": "35",
"sr_id": "sr:player:1726520",
"reference": "8478916",
"goals_against": 5
}
}
],<event id="47193681-c47d-4b4c-8e59-91630a8503b8" clock="15:23" official="true" updated="2025-10-15T04:18:27Z" wall_clock="2025-10-14T23:26:26Z" away_points="0" clock_decimal="15:23" home_points="1" sequence="1760484386614" zone="offensive" event_type="goal">
<description>Goal scored by Alex Newhook assisted by Ivan Demidov and Alexandre Carrier</description>
<attribution id="441713b7-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44" name="Canadiens" market="Montreal" team_goal="right" sr_id="sr:team:3690" reference="8"/>
<taken_by full_name="Alex Newhook" jersey_number="15" reference="8481618" id="2b6963fd-3924-42c4-be6d-753087d2498f" scorer_ytd_goals="1"/>
<primary_assist full_name="Ivan Demidov" jersey_number="93" reference="8484984" id="49de95da-de4f-4c36-a5ff-300450ebf674" primary_assist_ytd_assists="2"/>
<secondary_assist full_name="Alexandre Carrier" jersey_number="45" reference="8478851" id="4e61366d-c43e-4716-8b86-a136a0f2a786" secondary_assist_ytd_assists="1"/>
<location coord_x="192" coord_y="528" action_area="lowslot"/>
<details shot_type="tip-in" goal_zone="lower middle" distance="6"/>
<statistics>
<shot goal="true" strength="even" zone="offensive">
<team id="441713b7-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44" name="Canadiens" market="Montreal" sr_id="sr:team:3690" reference="8"/>
<player id="2b6963fd-3924-42c4-be6d-753087d2498f" full_name="Alex Newhook" jersey_number="15" sr_id="sr:player:1650187" reference="8481618"/>
</shot>
<assist strength="even" zone="offensive" assist_type="primary">
<team id="441713b7-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44" name="Canadiens" market="Montreal" sr_id="sr:team:3690" reference="8"/>
<player id="49de95da-de4f-4c36-a5ff-300450ebf674" full_name="Ivan Demidov" jersey_number="93" sr_id="sr:player:2487595" reference="8484984"/>
</assist>
<assist strength="even" zone="offensive" assist_type="secondary">
<team id="441713b7-0f24-11e2-8525-18a905767e44" name="Canadiens" market="Montreal" sr_id="sr:team:3690" reference="8"/>
<player id="4e61366d-c43e-4716-8b86-a136a0f2a786" full_name="Alexandre Carrier" jersey_number="45" sr_id="sr:player:904496" reference="8478851"/>
</assist>
<shotagainst saved="false" goal="true" strength="even" zone="defensive">
<team id="1fb48e65-9688-4084-8868-02173525c3e1" name="Kraken" market="Seattle" sr_id="sr:team:794340" reference="55"/>
<player id="cd985f0a-3d12-45f9-9b97-cc448388e19e" full_name="Joey Daccord" jersey_number="35" sr_id="sr:player:1726520" reference="8478916" goals_against="5"/>
</shotagainst>
</statistics>