Erik Cernak
01/Where he scores from
Cernak scored 3 regular season goals on 79 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 3 of his 3 goals came from here, on 7 of his 79 attempts.
Slot. 0 of his 3 goals came from here, on 6 of his 79 attempts.
Perimeter. 0 of his 3 goals came from here, on 23 of his 79 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 3 goals came from here, on 43 of his 79 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 79 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Cernak scored 7 regular season goals on 247 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 3/7 · 43% of his goals came from here, on 12/247 · 5% of his attempts — 3/12 · 25% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 2/7 · 29% of his goals came from here, on 24/247 · 10% of his attempts — 2/24 · 8% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 0/7 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 79/247 · 32% of his attempts — 0/79 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 2/7 · 29% of his goals came from here, on 132/247 · 53% of his attempts — 2/132 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 1 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Cernak scored 22 regular season goals on 871 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2018-19 to 2025-26. His densest patch is right circle, 40 ft out: 4/22 · 18% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 4% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 4/22 · 18% of his goals came from here, on 37/871 · 4% of his attempts — 4/37 · 11% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 10/22 · 45% of his goals came from here, on 120/871 · 14% of his attempts — 10/120 · 8% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 3/22 · 14% of his goals came from here, on 266/871 · 31% of his attempts — 3/266 · 1% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 5/22 · 23% of his goals came from here, on 448/871 · 51% of his attempts — 5/448 · 1% of what he sent from there went in.
Cernak scored 3 playoff goals on 141 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2018-19 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 0 of his 3 goals came from here, on 6 of his 141 attempts.
Slot. 3 of his 3 goals came from here, on 19 of his 141 attempts.
Perimeter. 0 of his 3 goals came from here, on 55 of his 141 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 3 goals came from here, on 61 of his 141 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 141 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2018-19 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 4 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
02/When his goals came
2 of his 3 goals came in the 2nd period, on 27 shots. That is a record of last season, not a description of the player: which period a skater scores in does not carry from one year to the next.
03/Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | S | H | +/- | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15 | NYR | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:53 |
| Apr 13 | DET | W 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:42 |
| Apr 11 | @BOS | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 13:37 |
| Apr 9 | @MTL | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 22:05 |
| Apr 7 | @OTT | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:22 |
| Apr 6 | @BUF | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:58 |
| Apr 4 | BOS | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:27 |
| Apr 2 | PIT | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 17:21 |
| Mar 31 | MTL | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15:58 |
| Mar 29 | NSH | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 12 | 15:49 |
| Mar 28 | OTT | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 14:17 |
| Mar 26 | SEA | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 13:37 |
| Mar 24 | MIN | W 6-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:28 |
| Mar 23 | @CGY | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 16:04 |
| Mar 22 | @EDM | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 20:14 |
| Mar 20 | @VAN | W 6-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:05 |
| Mar 18 | @SEA | W 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:27 |
| Mar 14 | CAR | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 16:01 |
| Mar 8 | @BUF | L 7-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6:47 |
| Mar 8 | @TOR | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 19:45 |
| Mar 6 | @WPG | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17:15 |
| Mar 4 | @MIN | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 15:37 |
| Mar 1 | BUF | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 14:39 |
| Feb 27 | @CAR | L 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 15:26 |
| Feb 26 | TOR | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:04 |
Showing the 25 most recent of 61 regular season games. Playoff games are kept out of this table and totalled separately in the career record.
04/Splits
Home / Road
In wins / In losses
Every split prints its own denominator. Any split under eight games is greyed rather than hidden, so the edge of the sample is visible instead of guessed at.
05/Career
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | – | 58 | 5 | 11 | 16 | — | 58 | 107 | 4.7 | 198 | 79 | – |
| 2019-20 | – | 67 | 5 | 7 | 12 | — | 59 | 125 | 4.0 | 172 | 97 | – |
| 2020-21 | TBL | 46 | 5 | 13 | 18 | +7 | 38 | 85 | 5.9 | 98 | 46 | 17:42 |
| 2021-22 | TBL | 55 | 1 | 12 | 13 | +4 | 46 | 86 | 1.2 | 165 | 73 | 18:26 |
| 2022-23 | TBL | 70 | 2 | 14 | 16 | +11 | 53 | 87 | 2.3 | 209 | 100 | 17:04 |
| 2023-24 | – | 69 | 2 | 11 | 13 | — | 63 | 53 | 3.8 | 198 | 109 | – |
| 2024-25 | – | 75 | 3 | 18 | 21 | — | 50 | 64 | 4.7 | 157 | 100 | – |
| 2025-26 | TBL | 61 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +3 | 74 | 53 | 5.7 | 112 | 99 | 16:19 |
| Career | 501 | 26 | 94 | 120 | +25 | 441 | 660 | 3.9 | 1,309 | 703 | 17:19 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | – | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | – |
| 2019-20 | – | 25 | 0 | 4 | 4 | — | 12 | 32 | 0.0 | 59 | 52 | – |
| 2020-21 | TBL | 21 | 1 | 9 | 10 | — | 16 | 36 | 2.8 | 65 | 26 | – |
| 2021-22 | TBL | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 12 | 22 | 4.5 | 84 | 45 | – |
| 2022-23 | TBL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | – |
| 2023-24 | – | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 24 | 7 | – |
| 2024-25 | – | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 4 | 14 | 7.1 | 15 | 7 | – |
| 2025-26 | TBL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 6 | 0.0 | 12 | 11 | 19:28 |
| Career | 91 | 3 | 19 | 22 | +2 | 50 | 120 | 2.5 | 272 | 152 | 19:28 |
06/Bio
- Position
- Defense
- Jersey
- #81
- Shoots
- R
- Height
- 6'4"
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Born
- May 28, 1997 (age 29)
- Birthplace
- Kosice, SVK
- Drafted
- 2015 · Round 2 · Pick 13 · LAK
- Club
- Tampa Bay Lightning
