- Age
- 29
- Height
- 6′4″
- Weight
- 232 lb
- Shoots
- R
- Born
- Kosice, SVK
- GP
- 6
- G
- 0
- A
- 1
- P
- 1
- +/-
- +5
- SOG
- 9
2026–27 regular season
Drafted 2015 · Round 2, #43 overall (LAK)
This season vs last
| Stat | 2026–27 | 2025–26 to Oct 14 | 2025–26 first 6 GP |
|---|---|---|---|
| GP | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| G | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| P | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| SOG | 9 | 2 | 3+6 |
| PPP | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| +/- | +5 | -1 | -3+8 |
| PIM | 2 | 4 | 4-2 |
| TOI/GP | 19:04 | 19:32−0:28 | 19:18−0:14 |
| SH% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Regular season. Small numbers are this season’s change: green better, red worse. Totals are only compared over the same number of games; TOI/GP and SH% are compared in every column.
Shooting:Cernak is shooting 0.0% (0 on 9 shots) against 4.7% over 2023–26. Too few shots yet to read much into it.
Shot quality says 0.4 expected goals this season (G − xG -0.4).
Advanced · 2026–27
- CF%
- 58.1
- Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
- xGF%
- 64.0
- Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
- Rel CF%
- +6.7
- vs. team with the player off ice
- PDO
- 1.075
- On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
- ixG
- 0.4
- Individual expected goals
- G − xG
- -0.4
- Finishing above expectation
- OZS%
- 56.3
- Offensive-zone start share
- 5v5 TOI/GP
- 16:30
- Even-strength minutes per game
Shot attempts
21 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.
How Cernak is used
#81 · D · Tampa Bay Lightning
Erik Cernak
How he’s used · 2026–27 · 5 games with shift charts
- Pair 2
- PK1
- Ice time / game
- 19:41
- 16:30 at 5v5
- Offensive-zone starts
- 56.3%
- of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
- Expected goals share
- 64.0%
- at 5v5 with him on
- Shot attempt share
- 58.1%
- at 5v5 with him on
Shift profile · against NHL defensemen
Average shift
Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer
Shifts include power-play and penalty-kill time. Across the league, 5v5 shots go in nearly twice as often against a skater 80s+ into his shift.
Most-used linemates · 5v5
| Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025–26 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 61 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2025–26 (P) | Tampa Bay Lightning | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024–25 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 76 | 3 | 18 | 21 |
| 2024–25 (P) | Tampa Bay Lightning | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023–24 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 69 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2023–24 (P) | Tampa Bay Lightning | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022–23 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 70 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 2022–23 (P) | Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 55 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2021–22 (P) | Tampa Bay Lightning | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 46 | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| 2020–21 (P) | Tampa Bay Lightning | 21 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2019–20 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 67 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2019–20 (P) | Tampa Bay Lightning | 25 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018–19 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 58 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2018–19 (P) | Tampa Bay Lightning | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Opp | TOI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Oct 13 | @ NYR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:02 |
| Sat, Oct 10 | @ NYI | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:01 |
| Thu, Oct 8 | vs MIN | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:32 |
| Mon, Oct 5 | vs PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 22:15 |
| Sat, Oct 3 | vs WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 20:34 |
| Thu, Oct 1 | @NYR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:00 |
| Team / League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Slovakia · OG | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018–19 | Syracuse Crunch · AHL | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2018–19 | Slovakia · WC | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017–18 | Syracuse Crunch · AHL | 71 | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| 2017–18 (P) | Syracuse Crunch · AHL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016–17 | Erie Otters · OHL | 50 | 3 | 18 | 21 |
| 2016–17 | Slovakia U20 · WJC-20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016–17 | Erie Otters · M-Cup | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016–17 (P) | Erie Otters · OHL | 22 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2015–16 | Slovakia · WJ18-A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | Erie · OHL | 41 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2015–16 | Slovakia U20 · WJC-20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015–16 (P) | Erie · OHL | 13 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2014–15 | Kosice · Slovakia | 43 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2014–15 (P) | Kosice · Slovakia | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013–14 | Slovakia U20 · Slovakia | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013–14 | Kosice Jr. · Slovak-Jr. | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013–14 | Kosice · Slovakia | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013–14 (P) | Kosice · Slovakia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | Slovakia U20 B · Slovak-2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012–13 | Bratislava Jr. · Slovak-Jr. | 30 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2012–13 (P) | Bratislava U18 · Svk-U18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012–13 (P) | Bratislava Jr. · Slovak-Jr. | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011–12 | Kosice U18 · Svk-U18 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2010–11 | HC Kosice U16 · Slovakia U16 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 2009–10 | Slovakia K&B Stars · QC Int PW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |