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Erik Cernak has 4 points (0 goals, 4 assists) in 23 games for the Tampa Bay Lightning this season.

Selected in the 2nd round (No. 43) of the 2015 NHL Draft by the Los Angeles Kings, he has 113 points (23 goals, 90 assists) in 464 regular-season games for the Tampa Bay Lightning.

He also has 21 points (3 goals, 18 assists) in 84 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagSVK
    Age: 28.6 yrs (28.05.1997)
    Height / Weight: 193 cm / 104 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 43rd in 2015
    Draft Team: Team logoLos Angeles Kings
    Awards: Stanley Cup (2x)
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The 28-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Lightning controlling 47% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Erik Cernak is off the ice, the Lightning control 59% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 17% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 46% in the defensive zone.

  • 67

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 220th of 283 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 174th of 283 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    23.00
    PlayDriving
    -0.14 - 0.11
    -0.13
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    19.37
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.00
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.13
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.40
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.08
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.02
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    2.69
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.00
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    0.00
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    3.42
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    3.91
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    1.21
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    6.33
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    0.54
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    2.02
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.46
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    9.51
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    8.68
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $5.200M
Player Contract Value: $2.000M
Remaining: 6 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2031 UFA
Age at the end: 35.1 yrs (28.05.1997)
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Erik Cernak
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
22.11.2025 Team Logo Capitals 1 0 1 1 1 23:23 1 0.0% 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Ducks 1 0 0 0 -1 18:28 0 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Kings 1 0 0 0 2 20:13 0 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Sharks 1 0 0 0 0 19:28 0 2
06.01.2026 Team Logo Avalanche 1 0 0 0 -1 20:18 1 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 1 1 1 2 0.0% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2018-19 Team Logo Lightning 58 5 11 16 25 19:15 107 4.7% 58
2019-20 Team Logo Lightning 67 5 7 12 11 18:56 125 4.0% 59
2020-21 Team Logo Lightning 46 5 13 18 8 19:46 85 5.9% 38
2021-22 Team Logo Lightning 55 1 12 13 7 19:08 86 1.2% 46
2022-23 Team Logo Lightning 70 2 14 16 8 19:13 87 2.3% 53
2023-24 Team Logo Lightning 69 2 11 13 5 19:10 53 3.8% 63
2024-25 Team Logo Lightning 76 3 18 21 29 18:16 64 4.7% 50
2025-26 Team Logo Lightning 23 0 4 4 0 19:22 14 0.0% 23
Season Projection 63 0 11 11 0 19:22 38 0.0% 63
Total 464 23 90 113 93 621 3.7% 390
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2018-19 Team Logo Lightning 4 0 3 3 -2 21:28 7 0.0% 0
2019-20 Team Logo Lightning 25 0 4 4 2 20:43 32 0.0% 12
2020-21 Team Logo Lightning 21 1 9 10 12 19:56 36 2.8% 16
2021-22 Team Logo Lightning 23 1 1 2 1 19:19 22 4.5% 12
2022-23 Team Logo Lightning 1 0 0 0 0 9:26 1 0.0% 2
2023-24 Team Logo Lightning 5 0 1 1 0 20:38 2 0.0% 2
2024-25 Team Logo Lightning 5 1 0 1 1 17:55 14 7.1% 4
Total 84 3 18 21 14 114 2.6% 48
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Erik Cernak Team Logo D 28.6 yrs 193 cm / 104 kg 0.17 0.24 56 73 $5.200M
87% Conor Timmins Team Logo D 27.3 yrs 191 cm / 96 kg 0.18 0.27 56 73 $2.200M
87% Connor Murphy Team Logo D 32.8 yrs 193 cm / 95 kg 0.19 0.21 54 75 $4.400M
86% Brenden Dillon Team Logo D 35.2 yrs 193 cm / 101 kg 0.26 0.22 59 77 $4.000M
86% Brandon Carlo Team Logo D 29.1 yrs 196 cm / 102 kg 0.11 0.17 59 76 $3.485M
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