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Erik

Cernak

Career Trajectory

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Career Statistics

Season	Team
2018	Tampa Bay Lightning	58	66990	5.0	11.0	16.0	25.0	58.0	107.0	4.7%	198.0	79.0	19.0	11.0	—
2019	Tampa Bay Lightning	67	76179	5.0	7.0	12.0	11.0	59.0	125.0	4.0%	172.0	97.0	28.0	18.0	—
2020	Tampa Bay Lightning	46	54602	5.0	13.0	18.0	8.0	38.0	85.0	5.9%	98.0	46.0	10.0	6.0	—
2021	Tampa Bay Lightning	55	63195	1.0	12.0	13.0	7.0	46.0	86.0	1.2%	165.0	73.0	17.0	21.0	—
2022	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	80780	2.0	14.0	16.0	8.0	53.0	87.0	2.3%	209.0	100.0	31.0	21.0	—
2023	Tampa Bay Lightning	69	79419	2.0	11.0	13.0	5.0	63.0	53.0	3.8%	198.0	109.0	25.0	16.0	—
2024	Tampa Bay Lightning	76	83220	3.0	18.0	21.0	29.0	50.0	64.0	4.7%	157.0	99.0	41.0	20.0	—
2025	Tampa Bay Lightning	61	33059	3.0	8.0	11.0	3.0	74.0	21.0	5.7%	58.0	58.0	27.0	5.0	—
2018	Tampa Bay Lightning	4	5152	0.0	3.0	3.0	-2.0	0.0	7.0	0.0%	12.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	—
2019	Tampa Bay Lightning	25	31050	0.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	12.0	32.0	0.0%	59.0	52.0	18.0	3.0	—
2020	Tampa Bay Lightning	21	25116	1.0	9.0	10.0	12.0	16.0	36.0	2.8%	65.0	26.0	6.0	6.0	—
2021	Tampa Bay Lightning	23	26657	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	12.0	22.0	4.5%	84.0	45.0	7.0	2.0	—
2022	Tampa Bay Lightning	1	567	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0%	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	—
2023	Tampa Bay Lightning	5	6190	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0%	24.0	7.0	3.0	2.0	—
2024	Tampa Bay Lightning	5	5375	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	14.0	7.1%	15.0	7.0	3.0	1.0	—
2025	Tampa Bay Lightning	7	8169	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	5.0	0.0%	12.0	7.0	2.0	2.0	—

Season Totals Distribution

Career Totals

#2343

OF 8,954

Points

120

#2825

OF 8,954

Goals

26

#2071

OF 8,954

Assists

94

#1946

OF 8,954

Games

502

#290

OF 8,954

Plus/Minus

96

#1835

OF 8,954

Shots

628

#3831

OF 8,954

PP Goals

1

#4591

OF 8,954

PP Points

1

#2240

OF 8,954

SH Goals

1

#1483

OF 8,954

SH Points

5

#3083

OF 8,954

GW Goals

3

Per Game Averages

#3996

OF 8,954

Goals/G

0.05

#3427

OF 8,954

Points/G

0.24

Efficiency & Percentages

#2814

OF 8,954

Shooting %

4.1%

Career Totals

#1023

OF 4,997

Points

22

#1821

OF 4,997

Goals

3

#737

OF 4,997

Assists

19

#564

OF 4,997

Games

91

#178

OF 4,997

Plus/Minus

16

#750

OF 4,997

Shots

119

#1989

OF 4,997

PP Goals

0

#2521

OF 4,997

PP Points

0

#1164

OF 4,997

SH Goals

0

#1494

OF 4,997

SH Points

0

#1094

OF 4,997

GW Goals

1

Per Game Averages

#2364

OF 4,997

Goals/G

0.03

#1846

OF 4,997

Points/G

0.24

Efficiency & Percentages

#1638

OF 4,997

Shooting %

2.5%

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Financial Summary: Erik Cernak

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Season

Team

Base Salary

Cap Hit

2025-26

TBL

$5.2M

$5.2M NTC

2026-27

TBL

$5.2M

$5.2M NTC

2027-28

TBL

$5.2M

$5.2M M-NTC

2028-29

TBL

$5.2M

$5.2M M-NTC

2029-30

TBL

$5.2M

$5.2M M-NTC

2030-31

TBL

$5.2M

$5.2M M-NTC

2031-32

TBL

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$5.2M

Tampa Bay Lightning Outlook

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LTIR Relief $0

Cap Space -$6.75M

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Vasilevskiy $9,500,000

Guentzel $9,000,000

Hedman $8,000,000

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