Erik Cernak

D · #81 · Tampa Bay Lightning

Erik Cernak is a defenceman for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Born May 28, 1997 in Kosice, Slovakia, he stands 6'4", weighs 232 lbs and shoots right. He was drafted in 2015 (round 2, 43rd overall) by the Los Angeles Kings. In 517 NHL regular-season games he has 26 goals and 99 assists for 125 points. This season: 0 goals and 5 assists in 15 games.

NHL regular-season career

Games

517

Goals

26

Assists

99

Points

125

NHL playoff career

Games

91

Goals

3

Assists

19

Points

22

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game

0.05

Assists / game

0.19

Points / game

0.24

Shots / game

1.31

Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.

NHL season record highs

Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.

Goals

5

2020–21 · Tampa Bay Lightning

Assists

18

2024–25 · Tampa Bay Lightning

Points

21

2024–25 · Tampa Bay Lightning

Shots

125

2019–20 · Tampa Bay Lightning

Teams & leagues through the years

Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.

1. 2026–27

   • Tampa Bay LightningNHL

2. 2025–26

   • Tampa Bay LightningNHL
   • SlovakiaOG

3. 2024–25

   • Tampa Bay LightningNHL

4. 2023–24

   • Tampa Bay LightningNHL

5. 2022–23

   • Tampa Bay LightningNHL

6. 2021–22

   • Tampa Bay LightningNHL

7. 2020–21

   • Tampa Bay LightningNHL

8. 2019–20

   • Tampa Bay LightningNHL

9. 2018–19

   • Syracuse CrunchAHL
   • Tampa Bay LightningNHL
   • SlovakiaWC

10. 2017–18

    • Syracuse CrunchAHL

11. 2016–17

    • Erie OttersM-Cup
    • Erie OttersOHL
    • Slovakia U20WJC-20

12. 2015–16

    • ErieOHL
    • SlovakiaWJ18-A
    • Slovakia U20WJC-20

13. 2014–15

    • KosiceSlovakia

14. 2013–14

    • Kosice Jr.Slovak-Jr.
    • KosiceSlovakia
    • Slovakia U20Slovakia

15. 2012–13

    • Slovakia U20 BSlovak-2
    • Bratislava Jr.Slovak-Jr.
    • Bratislava U18Svk-U18

16. 2011–12

    • Kosice U18Svk-U18

17. 2010–11

    • HC Kosice U16Slovakia U16

18. 2009–10

    • Slovakia K&B StarsQC Int PW

Coverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.

Season-by-season history

All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.

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Season	League	Team	Type	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/−	Shots	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG
2026–27	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	15	0	5	5	4	10	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 5 Avg Toi 18:46 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 15 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus 10 Points 5 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 18
2025–26	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	61	3	8	11	74	3	53	0	0	0	1	1	0	All stats Assists 8 Avg Toi 17:37 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 61 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 74 Plus Minus 3 Points 11 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0566 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 53
2025–26	OG	Slovakia	Regular	6	0	1	1	14	-1	5	0	—	0	—	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 19:30 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 14 Plus Minus -1 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 5
2025–26	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	7	0	1	1	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 19:28 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 7 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 2 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 6
2024–25	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	76	3	18	21	50	29	64	0	0	0	2	0	0	All stats Assists 18 Avg Toi 18:16 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 76 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 50 Plus Minus 29 Points 21 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0469 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 64
2024–25	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	5	1	0	1	4	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 17:56 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 5 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus 1 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0714 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 14
2023–24	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	69	2	11	13	63	5	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 11 Avg Toi 19:11 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 69 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 63 Plus Minus 5 Points 13 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0377 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 53
2023–24	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 20:39 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 5 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 0 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 2
2022–23	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	70	2	14	16	53	8	87	0	0	1	2	0	0	All stats Assists 14 Avg Toi 19:14 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 70 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 53 Plus Minus 8 Points 16 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.023 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 87
2022–23	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 9:27 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 1 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 0 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 1
2021–22	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	55	1	12	13	46	7	86	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 12 Avg Toi 19:09 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 55 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 46 Plus Minus 7 Points 13 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.012 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 86
2021–22	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	23	1	1	2	12	1	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 19:20 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 23 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 12 Plus Minus 1 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.045 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 22
2020–21	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	46	5	13	18	38	8	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 13 Avg Toi 19:47 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 46 Goals 5 Ot Goals 0 Pim 38 Plus Minus 8 Points 18 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.059 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 85
2020–21	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	21	1	9	10	16	12	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 9 Avg Toi 19:57 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 21 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 16 Plus Minus 12 Points 10 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.028 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 36
2019–20	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	67	5	7	12	59	11	125	0	0	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 7 Avg Toi 18:57 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 67 Goals 5 Ot Goals 0 Pim 59 Plus Minus 11 Points 12 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.04 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 125
2019–20	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	25	0	4	4	12	2	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 4 Avg Toi 20:43 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 25 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 12 Plus Minus 2 Points 4 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 32
2018–19	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	Regular	9	2	5	7	14	-1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 9 Goals 2 Pim 14 Plus Minus -1 Points 7
2018–19	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Regular	58	5	11	16	58	25	107	1	1	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 11 Avg Toi 19:15 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 58 Goals 5 Ot Goals 0 Pim 58 Plus Minus 25 Points 16 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.0467 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 107
2018–19	WC	Slovakia	Regular	7	3	2	5	8	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 7 Goals 3 Pim 8 Plus Minus 3 Points 5
2018–19	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	Playoffs	4	0	3	3	0	-2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 3 Avg Toi 21:29 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -2 Points 3 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 7
2017–18	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	Regular	71	5	13	18	70	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 13 Games Played 71 Goals 5 Pim 70 Plus Minus 30 Points 18
2017–18	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Pim 4 Plus Minus 0 Points 2
2016–17	M-Cup	Erie Otters	Regular	5	0	2	2	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 5 Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 0 Points 2
2016–17	OHL	Erie Otters	Regular	50	3	18	21	53	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 18 Games Played 50 Goals 3 Pim 53 Plus Minus 31 Points 21
2016–17	WJC-20	Slovakia U20	Regular	5	0	1	1	2	-3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 5 Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -3 Points 1
2016–17	OHL	Erie Otters	Playoffs	22	1	8	9	10	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 8 Games Played 22 Goals 1 Pim 10 Plus Minus 17 Points 9
2015–16	OHL	Erie	Regular	41	4	11	15	35	7	76	0	—	0	—	0	—	All stats Assists 11 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 41 Goals 4 Pim 35 Plus Minus 7 Points 15 Power Play Goals 0 Shooting Pctg 5.3 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 76
2015–16	WJ18-A	Slovakia	Regular	5	0	0	0	0	-2	1	0	—	0	—	0	—	All stats Assists 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 5 Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -2 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 1
2015–16	WJC-20	Slovakia U20	Regular	4	0	0	0	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 1 Points 0
2015–16	OHL	Erie	Playoffs	13	0	6	6	10	4	27	0	—	0	—	0	—	All stats Assists 6 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 13 Goals 0 Pim 10 Plus Minus 4 Points 6 Power Play Goals 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 27
2014–15	Slovakia	Kosice	Regular	43	5	8	13	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 8 Games Played 43 Goals 5 Pim 16 Points 13
2014–15	Slovakia	Kosice	Playoffs	7	0	1	1	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 7 Goals 0 Pim 6 Points 1
2013–14	Slovak-Jr.	Kosice Jr.	Regular	8	1	3	4	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 8 Goals 1 Pim 16 Points 4
2013–14	Slovakia	Kosice	Regular	13	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 13 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 0
2013–14	Slovakia	Slovakia U20	Regular	20	2	1	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 20 Goals 2 Pim 2 Points 3
2013–14	Slovakia	Kosice	Playoffs	7	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 7 Goals 0 Pim 2 Points 0
2012–13	Slovak-2	Slovakia U20 B	Regular	8	2	0	2	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 8 Goals 2 Pim 18 Points 2
2012–13	Slovak-Jr.	Bratislava Jr.	Regular	30	4	6	10	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 6 Games Played 30 Goals 4 Pim 18 Points 10
2012–13	Slovak-Jr.	Bratislava Jr.	Playoffs	12	0	1	1	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 12 Goals 0 Pim 8 Points 1
2012–13	Svk-U18	Bratislava U18	Playoffs	1	0	2	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 1 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 2
2011–12	Svk-U18	Kosice U18	Regular	37	5	4	9	61	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 37 Goals 5 Pim 61 Points 9
2010–11	Slovakia U16	HC Kosice U16	Regular	26	9	13	22	34	41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 13 Games Played 26 Goals 9 Pim 34 Plus Minus 41 Points 22
2009–10	QC Int PW	Slovakia K&B Stars	Regular	4	0	1	1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Pim 4 Points 1

NHL game-by-game archive

15 imported games.

NHL source coverage only; missing records are not zero-stat appearances. Historical team abbreviations are retained.

Recent NHL games

Awards

Profile updated Nov 8, 7:45 pm EST. Missing stats are shown as –.

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