summary: Get game summary

API: espn.com:espn-sports-api
Endpoint: /apis/site/v2/sports/{sport}/{league}/summary
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 400
Latency: 755ms

Description

Provides comprehensive game data including scoring plays, player statistics, team stats, and key moments. Use this endpoint when you need detailed game breakdowns beyond just the score.

From spec: Returns detailed game information including box score, play-by-play, and statistics for a specific event.

Usage Tips

- Requires event/game ID parameter - Get event IDs from scoreboard or schedule endpoints - Returns full box score with player stats - Includes play-by-play for completed games

Parameters (3)

event (string, query, required)

Event/game ID

league (string, path, required)

League identifier

sport (string, path, required)

Sport category

Examples (1)

Get NHL game summary doc_extracted

Retrieves detailed game summary with box score and statistics.

curl 'https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/hockey/nhl/summary'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/hockey/nhl/summary")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("espn")
result = api.fetch("apis/site/v2/sports/{sport}/{league}/summary")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/hockey/nhl/summary");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 03:31:47.623361 400 755ms
2026-04-15 01:27:56.476279 400 768ms
2026-04-14 01:38:13.522522 400 345ms
2026-04-12 13:50:01.927964 400 745ms
2026-04-10 01:45:25.764143 400 562ms