Erik Cernak
- Position
- Defence
- Age
- 29May 28, 1997
- Height
- 6'4"193 cm
- Weight
- 232 lbs105 kg
- Shoots
- Right
- Born
- Kosice, SVK
- Nationality
- SVK
- Draft
- 2015 · Round 2 · 43rd overall · LAK
Erik Cernak, Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman, stats: this season, career totals, game log, recent trends and advanced metrics, plus players with a similar profile — from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Trends
Points Per Game Trend
Contract
2026-27 cap $104.0MContract data not yet available.
Career
Born in Kosice, SVK · Draft: 2015 · Round 2, pick 13 (#43 overall) · LAK · 9 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 517
- G
- 26
- A
- 99
- PTS
- 125
- +/-
- 106
Playoffs
- GP
- 91
- G
- 3
- A
- 19
- PTS
- 22
- +/-
- 16
Last 5 games
Awards
- Stanley Cup · 2× 2020-21, 2019-20
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits29#108 of 660
- Hits per game1.93#142 of 660
- Hits per 606.18#191 of 660
- Blocked shots23#71 of 660
- Takeaways1#492 of 660
- Giveaways11#261 of 660
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)1.70#291 of 660
- Expected goals per 600.36#373 of 660
- Goals above expected-1.70#618 of 660
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.066#364 of 660
- High-danger shots1#479 of 660
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)57.2%#54 of 660
- Corsi relative to team+1.5%#239 of 660
- Fenwick (unblocked share)60.1%#28 of 660
- PDO at 5v51.017#221 of 660
- Offensive zone starts50.7%#318 of 660
- Time on ice per game18:46#184 of 660
Ranks among 660 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 14 tracked games this season · updated Nov 7
Longer bar = better than more of the league’s skaters. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone time while on the iceLeague avg 40.6%41.9%Beats 54%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 41.0%44.1%Beats 81%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 40.2%39.6%Beats 57%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.2 mph22.0 mphBeats 80%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 810Beats 67%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 00Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 68.3 mph69.4 mphBeats 64%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 86.7 mph88.9 mphBeats 58%
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 0 shots
- Behind the net: 1 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 0 shots
- Crease: 0 shots
- Right side of the net: 0 shots
- Low slot: 1 shots
- Left circle: 0 shots
- Right circle: 2 shots
- High slot: 2 shots
- Outside left: 1 shots
- Outside right: 1 shots
- Left point: 0 shots
- Centre point: 4 shots
- Right point: 6 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 0 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 11Beats 76%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 34Beats 73%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 810More than 74%
- Long-range shooting %League avg 3.7%0.0%Beats 67%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →No faceoffs taken this season.
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