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Erik Cernak

#81

Tampa Bay Lightning

D · 6'4", 232 lb · 29 years old · Shoots right · Kosice, SVK

Drafted 2015 · LAK · round 2 · #43 overall

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Last 5 games

Date	Opp	A	PTS	GS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Nov 11	@BUF	0	0	-0.4	0	0	11:00
Nov 8	@WPG	2	2	0.6	2	+1	16:59
Nov 7	@MIN	0	0	0.1	0	-1	18:27
Nov 5	CHI	2	2	0.9	3	+3	16:05
Nov 3	DET	1	1	0.3	0	+2	18:49

Against their position

This playerAverage defencemen

Against 240 defencemen, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

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Role

Hits / 605.8136th

Blocks / 604.6583rd

Takeaways / 600.38182nd

Giveaways / 602.5239th

Penalty minutes8106th

Off the radar because these describe a role rather than a quality — a shutdown defenceman blocks more than a power-play specialist, and neither is better for it.

Per game, against the average defenseman

Goals

D 0.08

Assists

D 0.27

SOG

Shots on goal

D 1.2

Expected goals

D 0.08

Attempts for

D 14.6

Attempts against

D 14.7

TOI

Ice time

D 19:05

Speed

Top, mph

22.1

D 21.2

Hits

D 1.0

Hit±

Dealt minus taken

D -0.7

BLK

Shot blocks

D 1.3

bxG

Block xG margin

D +.02

Poss±

Take minus give

D -0.8

Pen±

Drawn minus taken

D -0.1

FO%

Faceoffs won

Shot

Hardest, mph

88.9

D 87.2

Every shot this season

Shot on goal20Missed9Shot blocked16

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Tampa Bay Lightning	17	0	7	7	+11	20	–	18:12
2025-26	Tampa Bay Lightning	61	3	8	11	+3	53	5.7	17:37
2024-25	Tampa Bay Lightning	76	3	18	21	+29	64	4.7	18:16
2023-24	Tampa Bay Lightning	69	2	11	13	+5	53	3.8	19:11
2022-23	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	2	14	16	+8	87	2.3	19:14
2021-22	Tampa Bay Lightning	55	1	12	13	+7	86	1.2	19:09
2020-21	Tampa Bay Lightning	46	5	13	18	+8	85	5.9	19:47
2019-20	Tampa Bay Lightning	67	5	7	12	+11	125	4.0	18:57
2018-19	Tampa Bay Lightning	58	5	11	16	+25	107	4.7	19:15
Career		519	26	101	127	+107	680	3.8	18:52

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2025-26	OG	Slovakia	6	0	1	1
2018-19	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	9	2	5	7
2018-19	WC	Slovakia	7	3	2	5
2017-18	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	71	5	13	18
2016-17	OHL	Erie Otters	50	3	18	21
2016-17	WJC-20	Slovakia U20	5	0	1	1
2016-17	M-Cup	Erie Otters	5	0	2	2
2015-16	WJ18-A	Slovakia	5	0	0	0
2015-16	OHL	Erie	41	4	11	15
2015-16	WJC-20	Slovakia U20	4	0	0	0
2014-15	Slovakia	Kosice	43	5	8	13
2013-14	Slovakia	Slovakia U20	20	2	1	3
2013-14	Slovak-Jr.	Kosice Jr.	8	1	3	4
2013-14	Slovakia	Kosice	13	0	0	0
2012-13	Slovak-2	Slovakia U20 B	8	2	0	2
2012-13	Slovak-Jr.	Bratislava Jr.	30	4	6	10
2011-12	Svk-U18	Kosice U18	37	5	4	9
2010-11	Slovakia U16	HC Kosice U16	26	9	13	22
2009-10	QC Int PW	Slovakia K&B Stars	4	0	1	1