Added a simple python sample to display today's scoreboard.

PythonSamples/Scoreboard.py

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+# Run using python3.
+# Could easily be converted to use python2.
+# Just switch from using urllib.request to
+# the older urllib module. The module was
+# split in python3, but the functionality is
+# the same.
+import urllib.request
+import datetime
+import json
+
+# Gets the feed using the NHL.com API
+def getFeed(url):
+	request = urllib.request.Request(url)
+	response = urllib.request.urlopen(request)
+	return json.loads(response.read().decode())
+
+# parses the NHL scoreboard for a given date
+def parseScoreboard(date): # YYYY-mm-dd format
+	# Tries to get the json feed for the scoreboard on the given date
+	try:
+		root = getFeed("https://statsapi.web.nhl.com/api/v1/schedule?startDate=" + date + "&endDate=" + date + "&expand=schedule.linescore")
+	except Exception as e:
+		print("Failed to find feed.")
+
+	# Loop through each game on the scoreboard
+	games = root["dates"][0]["games"]
+	for game in games:
+		# Check to see if the game has been started or not
+		state = game["status"]["detailedState"]
+		if state == "Scheduled" or state == "Preview":
+			time = game["gameDate"].split("T")[1]
+			hour = int(time[:2]) + 19 # convert to EST (24-hour time)
+			min = time[3:5]
+			print(str(hour) + ":" + min + " ET")
+		else: # state == "In Progress" or state == "Final"
+			print(game["linescore"]["currentPeriodOrdinal"] + " " + game["linescore"]["currentPeriodTimeRemaining"])
+		# Print each team and their score
+		print(game["teams"]["away"]["team"]["name"] + " " + str(game["teams"]["away"]["score"]))
+		print(game["teams"]["home"]["team"]["name"] + " " + str(game["teams"]["home"]["score"]) + "\n")
+
+# Gets all the games from today and prints their scores
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	date = (datetime.datetime.now()-datetime.timedelta(hours=6)).strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+	parseScoreboard(date)