81
Contract & Value
$5.2M
annual cap hit
Significantly Overpaid
value tier
Bottom 25%
efficiency ranking
1.9
pts per $M
Performance Trends
Last 5 Games (Points)
Date | Opponent | Score | G | A | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31 | vs  | L 1–4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 29 | vs  | W 3–2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 28 | vs  | W 4–2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 26 | vs  | L 3–4 OT | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 24 | vs  | W 6–3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Career Stats by Season
Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | SOG | Hits | Blk | TK | GV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 |  | 53 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 72 | 0 | 46 | 102 | 84 | 11 | 42 |
| 2024-25 | | 76 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 0 | 64 | 172 | 106 | 21 | 44 |
| 2023-24 | | 69 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 53 | 222 | 116 | 18 | 28 |
| 2022-23 | | 70 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 53 | 0 | 87 | 210 | 103 | 21 | 31 |
| 2021-22 | | 55 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 46 | 0 | 86 | 249 | 118 | 23 | 24 |
| 2020-21 | | 46 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 85 | 163 | 72 | 12 | 16 |
| 2019-20 | | 67 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 59 | 0 | 125 | 231 | 149 | 21 | 46 |
| 2018-19 | | 58 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 58 | 1 | 107 | 210 | 80 | 12 | 20 |
| Career Totals | — | 494 | 25 | 94 | 119 | +94 | 439 | 1 | 653 | 1559 | 828 | 139 | 251 |
News
MoreErik Cernak | Pregame vs Seattle Kraken - NHL.com
NHL.com·6d
Cernak scores on crazy carom late in 3rd period as the Lightning beat the Wild 6-3 - MSN
MSN·2d
Predators Lightning Hockey - goSkagit
goSkagit·2d
Cernak scores on crazy carom late in 3rd period as the Lightning beat the Wild 6-3 - MPR News
MPR News·7d
Jake Guentzel's goal, 2 assists lead Lightning over Predators 3-2 - Beaumont Enterprise
Beaumont Enterprise·3d
Erik CERNAK - olympics.com
olympics.com·60d
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