The data this week comes from HockeyReference.com. We have overall career goals (top_250.csv), season level goals (season_goals.csv), game level goals (game_goals.csv).
If you'd like to go beyond season or game-level data, check out MoneyPuck.com for shot-level data or additional game/season level data from 2007-current.
This week's data visualization and article come from the Washington Post. They examined Alex Ovechkin's career as he broke the 700 career goals mark. "Alexendar the Great" is already top 8 in goals all-time, and is only 34 years old. If he can keep his pace for a few more years, he has a shot at becoming the overall record holder for most goals in a career, potentially breaking Wayne Gretzky's long-standing career goals record of 894.
# Get the Data
game_goals <- readr::read_csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/master/data/2020/2020-03-03/game_goals.csv')
top_250 <- readr::read_csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/master/data/2020/2020-03-03/top_250.csv')
season_goals <- readr::read_csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/master/data/2020/2020-03-03/season_goals.csv')
# Or read in with tidytuesdayR package (https://github.com/thebioengineer/tidytuesdayR)
# PLEASE NOTE TO USE 2020 DATA YOU NEED TO USE tidytuesdayR version ? from GitHub
# Either ISO-8601 date or year/week works!
# Install via devtools::install_github("thebioengineer/tidytuesdayR")
tuesdata <- tidytuesdayR::tt_load('2020-03-03')
tuesdata <- tidytuesdayR::tt_load(2020, week = 10)
game_goals <- tuesdata$game_goals
Please note this is the top 250 goal scorers as found here.
| variable | class | description |
|---|---|---|
| raw_rank | double | Rank of goals (blank if duplicate) |
| player | character | Player Name |
| years | character | Years active (start - end) |
| total_goals | double | Total goals scored in the NHL |
| url_number | double | Number for URL |
| raw_link | character | Raw player ID |
| link | character | Link to player details on hockeyreference.com |
| active | character | Status: If still playing = Active, if retired = retired |
| yr_start | double | First year in the NHL |
Goals for each player and each game (only for players who started at or after 1979-80 season). This is due to limited game-level data prior to 1980.
| variable | class | description |
|---|---|---|
| player | character | Player name |
| season | double | Season year |
| rank | double | Rank equivalent to game_num for most |
| date | double | Date of game (ISO format) |
| game_num | double | Game number within each season |
| age | character | Age in year-days |
| team | character | NHL team |
| at | character | At: blank if at home, @ if at the opponent arena |
| opp | character | Opponent |
| location | character | Location = location of game (home or away) |
| outcome | character | Outcome = Won, Loss, Tie |
| goals | double | Goals Scored by player |
| assists | double | Assists - helped with goal for other player |
| points | double | Points - Sum of goals + assists |
| plus_minus | double | Plus Minus - Team points minus opponents points scored while on ice |
| penalty_min | double | Penalty minutes - minutes spent in penalty box |
| goals_even | double | Goals scored while even-strength |
| goals_powerplay | double | Goals scored on powerplay |
| goals_short | double | Goals scored while short-handed |
| goals_gamewinner | double | Goals that were gamewinner |
| assists_even | double | Assists while even strength |
| assists_powerplay | double | Assists on powerplay |
| assists_short | double | Assists on shorthanded |
| shots | double | Shots |
| shot_percent | double | Shot percent (goals/shots) |
| variable | class | description |
|---|---|---|
| rank | double | Overall goals ranking (1 - 250) |
| position | character | Position = player position (C = center, RW = Right Wing, LW = left Wing) |
| hand | character | Dominant hand (left or right) |
| player | character | Player name |
| years | character | Season years (year-yr) |
| total_goals | double | Total goals scored in career |
| status | character | Status = retired or active |
| yr_start | double | year started in NHL |
| season | character | Specific season for the player |
| age | double | Age during season |
| team | character | Team during season |
| league | character | League during season |
| season_games | double | Games played in the season |
| goals | double | Goals scored in the season |
| assists | double | Assists in the season |
| points | double | Points in the season |
| plus_minus | double | Plus Minus in the season - Team points minus opponents points scored while on ice |
| penalty_min | double | Penalty Minutes in the season |
| goals_even | double | Goals scored while even strength in a season |
| goals_power_play | double | Goals scored on powerplay in a season |
| goals_short_handed | double | Goals short handed in a season |
| goals_game_winner | double | Goals that were game winner in a season |
| headshot | character | Player headshot (URL to image of their head) |