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Erik Cernak

#81

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

Drafted 2015 · LAK · round 2 · #43 overall

Last 5 games

Date	Opp	A	PTS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Oct 17	VAN	0	0	1	+1	21:32
Oct 15	SEA	0	0	3	+1	14:55
Oct 13	@NYR	0	0	1	0	17:02
Oct 10	@NYI	0	0	1	+1	19:01
Oct 8	MIN	1	1	1	+1	19:32

Against his position

This playerAverage defencemen

Against 233 defencemen, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

Role

Hits / 607.1525th

Blocks / 605.1778th

Takeaways / 600.00192nd

Giveaways / 601.5914th

Penalty minutes246th

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.

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Tampa Bay Lightning	8	0	1	1	+7	13	–	18:51
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		510	26	95	121	+103	673	3.9	18:53

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

Shot maps, expected goals and comparisons against league average at this position are coming to this page. They come from Puckflow’s own model rather than the NHL feed, and an empty chart would be worse than this sentence.