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Position D
Age 29
Height 6'4"
Weight 230LBS
Shoots R
Birth Place Kosice, SVK
Born May 27, 1997

Key Insights

2025-26
This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Girgensons, Gourde, Holmberg and McDonagh: 56.0% of the expected goals over 124 minutes.

1 goal for, 6 against, 49.2% of the attempts
This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Cernak with Girgensons, Gourde, Holmberg and McDonagh, 124 minutes at 5v5.

56.0% of the expected goals, 1 goal for and 6 against
This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Cirelli, Hagel and McDonagh: 1 goal against in 36 minutes.

1.67 against an hour, 5.7 expected
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Cernak has been shuffled through 29 different five-man units, and only 2 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled
The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

13 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Cernak this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split
It stops working when he is paired with Oliver Bjorkstrand
Oliver Bjorkstrand

The pairing with Bjorkstrand is the one that costs him: 44.4% of the expected goals together, 55.1% apart.

170 minutes together, 707 minutes apart

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB May 27, 1997
Birth Place Kosice, SVK
Height 6'4"
Weight 230 LBS
Shoots/Catches R