-class NHLBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
-    @staticmethod
-    def _fix_json(json_string):
-        return json_string.replace('\\\'', '\'')
-
-    def _extract_video(self, info):
-        video_id = info['id']
-        self.report_extraction(video_id)
-
-        initial_video_url = info['publishPoint']
-        if info['formats'] == '1':
-            data = compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
-                'type': 'fvod',
-                'path': initial_video_url.replace('.mp4', '_sd.mp4'),
+class NHLBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        site, tmp_id = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url).groups()
+        video_data = self._download_json(
+            'https://%s/%s/%sid/v1/%s/details/web-v1.json'
+            % (self._CONTENT_DOMAIN, site[:3], 'item/' if site == 'mlb' else '', tmp_id), tmp_id)
+        if video_data.get('type') != 'video':
+            video_data = video_data['media']
+            video = video_data.get('video')
+            if video:
+                video_data = video
+            else:
+                videos = video_data.get('videos')
+                if videos:
+                    video_data = videos[0]
+
+        video_id = compat_str(video_data['id'])
+        title = video_data['title']
+
+        formats = []
+        for playback in video_data.get('playbacks', []):
+            playback_url = playback.get('url')
+            if not playback_url:
+                continue
+            ext = determine_ext(playback_url)
+            if ext == 'm3u8':
+                m3u8_formats = self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                    playback_url, video_id, 'mp4', 'm3u8_native',
+                    m3u8_id=playback.get('name', 'hls'), fatal=False)
+                self._check_formats(m3u8_formats, video_id)
+                formats.extend(m3u8_formats)
+            else:
+                height = int_or_none(playback.get('height'))
+                formats.append({
+                    'format_id': playback.get('name', 'http' + ('-%dp' % height if height else '')),
+                    'url': playback_url,
+                    'width': int_or_none(playback.get('width')),
+                    'height': height,
+                    'tbr': int_or_none(self._search_regex(r'_(\d+)[kK]', playback_url, 'bitrate', default=None)),
+                })
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        thumbnails = []
+        cuts = video_data.get('image', {}).get('cuts') or []
+        if isinstance(cuts, dict):
+            cuts = cuts.values()
+        for thumbnail_data in cuts:
+            thumbnail_url = thumbnail_data.get('src')
+            if not thumbnail_url:
+                continue
+            thumbnails.append({
+                'url': thumbnail_url,
+                'width': int_or_none(thumbnail_data.get('width')),
+                'height': int_or_none(thumbnail_data.get('height')),