diff --git a/R/get_game_shifts.R b/R/get_game_shifts.R
index bf25e81..7b4012c 100644
--- a/R/get_game_shifts.R
+++ b/R/get_game_shifts.R
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
 #' @export
 #'
 #' @examples
-#' \dontrun{
-#' get_game_shifts(2020020561)
+#' \donttest{
+#' try({
+#' get_game_shifts(game_id = 2023020201)
+#' })
 #' }
 get_game_shifts <- function(game_id){
 
diff --git a/R/get_player_stats_hr.R b/R/get_player_stats_hr.R
index 664ce72..5320aec 100644
--- a/R/get_player_stats_hr.R
+++ b/R/get_player_stats_hr.R
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@
 #' @export
 #'
 #' @examples
-#' \dontrun{
-#' #' get_player_stats("Wayne Gretzky")
-#' get_player_stats_hr(c("Wayne Gretzky","Mario Lemieux"))
+#' \donttest{
+#' try({
+#' get_player_stats_hr("Connor Bedard")
+#' })
 #' }
 get_player_stats_hr <- function(player_name, season = "career", league = "NHL"){
 
@@ -46,7 +47,13 @@ get_player_stats_hr <- function(player_name, season = "career", league = "NHL"){
     }
 
     player <- session %>%
-      rvest::html_element("table")
+      rvest::html_element("#stats_basic_plus_nhl")
+
+    # check for missing table
+    if(length(player) == 0){
+      player <- session %>%
+        rvest::html_element("#stats_basic_nhl")
+    }
 
     # skip players with no stats
     # likely linking to wrong player
diff --git a/R/scrape_game.R b/R/scrape_game.R
index c864c80..e21c218 100644
--- a/R/scrape_game.R
+++ b/R/scrape_game.R
@@ -115,8 +115,10 @@
 #' @export
 #'
 #' @examples
-#' \dontrun{
-#' pbp <- scrape_game(2020020420)
+#' \donttest{
+#' try({
+#' pbp <- scrape_game(game_id = 2023020201)
+#' })
 #' }
 scrape_game <- function(game_id){
 
diff --git a/man/get_game_ids.Rd b/man/get_game_ids.Rd
index 90417dc..6fcd53f 100644
--- a/man/get_game_ids.Rd
+++ b/man/get_game_ids.Rd
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ A tibble containing game IDs and basic info for specified time frame
 Fetch game IDs for a single day or a full season
 }
 \examples{
-\dontrun{
+\donttest{
+try({
 get_game_ids(season = 2020)
 get_game_ids(day = "2015-03-12")
+})
 }
 }