help me data nerds
Posted: 11 Aug 2013, 21:06
i have got pretty extensive nhl data from the last few years but i would still want more interesting stats
are there any easy ways to collect some of the data from the events htm page on this list http://www.nhl.com/ice/gamestats.htm?se ... v-sts-gbyg
(ie, data from these pages http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/2 ... 020624.HTM)
id need at least the date, home team, visiting team and some relevant data from the 2 tables in a single row in some easy to use format that i could then read into R and join with all the other data i have
i would need the data from every match of the season so from about 720 matches last season and 1200 matches from maybe 3-4 seasons before that. i havent found a good summary page with the needed game-by-game stats so those events pages are the only source of relevant data i know of
i might be able to scrape the data using R and some loops or something since the page numbering seems to go from 20001 to 20720 and so on, but i want to know if there are any better or easier ways. im in no way a data collection expert, my experties come in the later stages of the process.
i know there are better places to ask this question in but i figured id start here cause the myth community very rarely fails
are there any easy ways to collect some of the data from the events htm page on this list http://www.nhl.com/ice/gamestats.htm?se ... v-sts-gbyg
(ie, data from these pages http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/2 ... 020624.HTM)
id need at least the date, home team, visiting team and some relevant data from the 2 tables in a single row in some easy to use format that i could then read into R and join with all the other data i have
i would need the data from every match of the season so from about 720 matches last season and 1200 matches from maybe 3-4 seasons before that. i havent found a good summary page with the needed game-by-game stats so those events pages are the only source of relevant data i know of
i might be able to scrape the data using R and some loops or something since the page numbering seems to go from 20001 to 20720 and so on, but i want to know if there are any better or easier ways. im in no way a data collection expert, my experties come in the later stages of the process.
i know there are better places to ask this question in but i figured id start here cause the myth community very rarely fails