SCRATCHEDMissed 1 straight team game
Erik Cernak
Tampa Bay Lightning · #81 · Defenseman · age 29 · 6'4" · 230 lb · shoots RBorn 🇸🇰 Kosice, SVK · Drafted 2015 · Rd 2 #13
TWO-WAY DEFENSEMAN0.17 points/game — steady, no single skill dominates
2 points in 12 games — 132nd of 228 defensemen. The average defenseman has 4.2.
8HEAT · FORM, LAST 5 GAMEShotter than 29% of defensemen · average defenseman 15
100ENERGY · FRESHaverage defenseman 92 · last game 4 days ago
SCOUTING REPORT · AI, FROM THE NUMBERS
The player.
WHO HE IS · LONG TERM
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RIGHT NOW · LAST 5 GAMES
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FORM OVER TIME · GAME BY GAME
Heat over time.
Steady around 8 lately — hotter than 29% of defensemen, against an average defenseman at 15.
Now 8 · +8 over these 12 games
━● Heat after each game╍ average defenseman (15)┈ top 5% of defensemen (44)
LAST 5 GAMES
The last stretch.
1 point in 5 games — 1.2× his usual pace, and 0.6× what an average defenseman scores in 5 games.
| LAST 5 GAMES | HIM | HIS USUAL · PER 5 GAMES | AVERAGE DEFENSEMAN | VERDICT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | — |
| Assists | 1 | 0.8 | 1.3 | ▲ 1.2× his usual |
| Points | 1 | 0.8 | 1.6 | ▲ 1.2× his usual |
| Shots | 3 | 6 | 6 | ▼ 0.5× his usual |
| Shooting % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6.3% | — |
| Plus/minus | 0 | +2.5 | +0.0 | −2 vs his usual |
| Ice time a game | 19:46 | 19:01 | 18:32 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | G | A | POINTS | SOG | +/- | TOI | HEAT AFTER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29 | vs WPG | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 19:04 | 8 |
| Oct 24 | @ UTA | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 20:58 | 0 |
| Oct 23 | @ COL | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 16:44 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | @ VGK | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:30 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | vs VAN | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 21:32 | 9 |
THIS SEASON · 2026–27 · AMONG 228 DEFENSEMEN
Where he stands.
The bar runs from zero to the league's best defenseman; the white tick is the average defenseman.
Points132nd of 228 defensemen2leader 
Bouchard 26
Bouchard 26Goals114th of 228 defensemen0leader Bouchard 8
Bouchard 8Assists107th of 228 defensemen2leader Bouchard 18
Bouchard 18Shots87th of 228 defensemen15leader 
Schaefer 52
Schaefer 52Power-play points63rd of 228 defensemen0leader 
Jones 11
Jones 11Plus/minus19th of 228 defensemen+6leader Bouchard +22
Bouchard +22Ice time a game115th of 228 defensemen19:01leader 
Werenski 28:50
Werenski 28:50PERFORMANCE RADAR · PER GAME, PERCENTILE VS DEFENSEMEN
Shape of his game.
Separates in: plus/minus (87th). Below the middle: power-play points (0th), goals (0th).
■ Cernak this season╍ the average defenseman┈ top 5% of defensemen
CAREER · NHL REGULAR SEASON · SOURCE: NHL.COM
Season by season.
On pace for 14 points over 82 games, against his best season so far: 21 in 2024–25.
| SEASON | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | POINTS PER GAME | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 · now | TBL | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.17 | +6 |
| 2025–26 | TBL | 61 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.18 | +3 |
| 2024–25 | TBL | 76 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 0.28 | +29 |
| 2023–24 | TBL | 69 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.19 | +5 |
| 2022–23 | TBL | 70 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0.23 | +8 |
| 2021–22 | TBL | 55 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 0.24 | +7 |
| 2020–21 · best | TBL | 46 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0.39 | +8 |
| 2019–20 | TBL | 67 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.18 | +11 |
| 2018–19 | TBL | 58 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0.28 | +25 |