# ESPN NHL Scoreboard by Date

> ESPN NHL Scoreboard by Date is a paid API for AI agents from api.fadeandco.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Returns every NHL game for a given date with teams, scores, game status, venue, and start times sourced from ESPN's public scoreboard API.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.fadeandco.workers.dev/api/dev/espn-nhl-scoreboard?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/espn-nhl-scoreboard-by-date-c1cf8971
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ZDHqkTtPsz9BvvFO6ImRE

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability espn-nhl-scoreboard-by-date-c1cf8971
```

Example prompt: What were all the NHL scores from last night, January 14? I want to see each game's final score, teams, and whether any went to overtime.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured NHL game data for a specific date — including scores, team names, venues, and game status — without scraping ESPN directly. It is ideal for agents building sports dashboards, answering score queries, or monitoring game outcomes. Prefer this over general web search when you need machine-readable, consistently structured data rather than natural language results.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid date format returns an error or empty result
- Days with no NHL games scheduled return an empty games list
- ESPN upstream API outages may cause stale or failed responses
- Future dates may return scheduled games with null scores

## How this service works

ESPN NHL scoreboard for one date: every game with home and away team, score, status (scheduled, live, final) and stadium, from ESPN's public site JSON. Times are UTC; days with no games return an empty list.

## Output

A JSON object containing the queried date, a count of games, and an array of game objects — each with a unique game ID, away and home team names and abbreviations, scores, venue name, game state (pre/in/post), status label (e.g. Final/OT, Final/SO, In Progress), and UTC start time. Days with no scheduled games return an empty games array.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {
      "date": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Date YYYY-MM-DD (default: yesterday UTC)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "date": "2026-10-15",
  "count": 11,
  "games": [
   {
    "id": "401892506",
    "away": {
     "name": "Buffalo Sabres",
     "score": 5,
     "abbreviation": "BUF"
    },
    "home": {
     "name": "Toronto Maple Leafs",
     "score": 4,
     "abbreviation": "TOR"
    },
    "name": "Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs",
    "state": "post",
    "venue": "Scotiabank Arena",
    "status": "Final/OT",
    "startUtc": "2026-10-15T23:00Z"
   },
   {
    "id": "401892507",
    "away": {
     "name": "New York Islanders",
     "score": 1,
     "abbreviation": "NYI"
    },
    "home": {
     "name": "Ottawa Senators",
     "score": 2,
     "abbreviation": "OTT"
    },
    "name": "New York Islanders at Ottawa Senators",
    "state": "post",
    "venue": "Canadian Tire Centre",
    "status": "Final/SO",
    "startUtc": "2026-10-15T23:00Z"
   }
  ],
  "source": "https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/hockey/nhl/scoreboard?dates=20261015",
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-23T09:35:52.387Z"
 }
}
```

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