Erik Cernak
Tampa Bay Lightning · D · #81
Points / GP
0.18
Goals / GP
0.05
Assists / GP
0.13
Shots / GP
0.9
Plus/Minus
+3
PP Points
0
HockeyAlpha advanced
event-derived proxies · 61 GP · 1312 games analyzedxG Share?xG ShareA player's individual xG as a share of their team's total xG in the games they played. Shows how much of the offense runs through them.
1.9%
ZEIS?Zone Exit/Entry Impact Score (ZEIS)Transition impact: rush shots plus zone-coded takeaways, minus costly giveaways, per game. Positive = drives play up ice; negative = bleeds possession. Event-derived proxy (the NHL feed has no entry/exit tracking).
-0.98
PSPL?Pre-Shot Pass Lethality (PSPL)The xG a player creates for teammates within 3 seconds — rebounds their shots generate and shots off their offensive-zone steals. Playmaking danger the assist column misses. Event-derived proxy.
0.35
Def Suppression?Defensive SuppressionBlocked shots plus defensive-zone takeaways minus defensive-zone giveaways, per game. A proxy for who kills opposing offense before it starts.
0.93
Percentiles vs. league defensemen with 20+ GP · hockeyalpha.com
- Height
- 6'4"
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Born
- 1997-05-28
- Birthplace
- Kosice, SVK
- Shoots
- R
- Draft
- 2015 LAK · R2 #43
Recent form · last 10 games
Last 5 games
| Date | Opp | G | A | P | S | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-03 | vs MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:18 |
| 2026-05-01 | @ MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:10 |
| 2026-04-29 | vs MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:56 |
| 2026-04-26 | @ MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:37 |
| 2026-04-24 | @ MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:54 |
NHL career · regular season
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 61 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024–25 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 76 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 29 |
| 2023–24 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 69 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 |
| 2022–23 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 70 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 8 |
| 2021–22 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 55 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 7 |
| 2020–21 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 46 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 |
| 2019–20 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 67 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 |
| 2018–19 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 58 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 25 |