NHL Records and Stats

Unofficial NHL franchise, records, and standings data

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The NHL's public web endpoints (records.nhl.com and api-web.nhle.com) return rich JSON on franchises, standings, schedules, and historical records. This franchise list maps every team past and present to its abbreviations and seasons. Undocumented and unofficial, but keyless and live.

HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
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ON PROBE SCHEDULE

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Open provider docs ↗

Uptime historystarts after first probe

On our probe schedule. Uptime charts appear after the first check lands.

Example responsefrom provider docs — not verified by us
GET https://records.nhl.com/site/api/franchise

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "firstSeasonId": 19171918,
      "fullName": "Montréal Canadiens",
      "lastSeasonId": null,
      "mostRecentTeamId": 8,
      "teamAbbrev": "MTL",
      "teamCommonName": "Canadiens",
      "teamPlaceName": "Montréal"
    }
  ]
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://records.nhl.com/site/api/franchise"
const res = await fetch("https://records.nhl.com/site/api/franchise");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://records.nhl.com/site/api/franchise")
print(res.json())

BROWSER CALLS BLOCKED (NO CORS/HTTPS) — USE THE CURL SNIPPET

Endpoints · 2On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /franchise awaits first probe
GET/franchisePROBED

Unofficial NHL franchise, records, and standings data

GET/franchise?limit=5

Paginated variant with limit parameter.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Not tracked yet. Shape-change history starts once this API joins our probe schedule.

NHL Records and Stats: common questions

Is NHL Records and Stats free to use?

Yes — NHL Records and Stats is a free health & food API. Free tier: Free — no key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does NHL Records and Stats need an API key?

No — NHL Records and Stats needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call NHL Records and Stats from the browser?

Not directly — NHL Records and Stats doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.

Is NHL Records and Stats up right now?

NHL Records and Stats is catalogued but not yet on our probe schedule, so we don't publish a live status for it. Check the provider's own status page or docs for its current state.