Draw an NHL rink

draw_rink() creates a regulation NHL rink that can be extended with ggplot2 layers. The centered coordinate system matches the coordinate fields returned by nhlscraper.

Usage

draw_rink(view = "full", orientation = "horizontal")

Arguments

view

character rink view: 'full' ('f'), 'offensive-half' ('oh'), 'defensive-half' ('dh'), 'offensive-zone' ('oz'), 'defensive-zone' ('dz'), or 'neutral-zone' ('nz')

orientation

character orientation: 'horizontal' ('h') or 'vertical' ('v')

Value

A ggplot2 plot.

Details

The offensive end is on the right for a horizontal rink and at the top for a vertical rink. Use xCoordNorm and yCoordNorm from nhlscraper::gc_pbp() when every event should attack toward that end. Raw play-by-play and replay coordinates remain spatially aligned but retain their physical direction unless normalized by the caller.

Both orientations use the same layer mappings: map longitudinal coordinates to x and lateral coordinates to y. On a vertical rink, positive lateral coordinates appear on the right.

References

National Hockey League Official Rules 2025-2026

Examples

draw_rink()

draw_rink(view = 'oz', orientation = 'v')