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Erik Cernak

D · Tampa Bay Lightning · 2026–27 · FA in your Yahoo league (1% rostered)

Games5
Fantasy pts18.6
FP / GP3.7
G–A–P0–1–1
+/-+5
TOI / GP19:28
5v5 / GP16:57
PP / GP0:02
PK / GP2:27
5v5 GF–GA5–2
5v5 CF–CA79–61
5v5 CF%56.4%
Shots8
Hits15
Blocks6

Projection

Proj FP/G3.44
Actual FP/G3.72
Luck-adjusted4.00
Last season3.16 (60 GP)
Goals / xG0 / 0.4
Assists / expected1 / 0.9
TOI last 320:16 (season 19:28)
PP1%

Luck-adjusted replaces goals with expected goals (shot location, type, rebound, rush) and scales assists by on-ice luck. The projection blends that with last season by games played and adjusts for recent ice time.

Current lines

UnitWithAvg TOIMatch
Defense pairs 2 DRyan McDonagh 11:11 5/5
PK defense 1 DRyan McDonagh 2:08 5/5

Most common 5v5 linemates

PlayerPosGPTogetherShare
Ryan McDonagh D 5 55:55 66%
Pontus Holmberg R 5 39:14 46%
Zemgus Girgensons C 5 37:48 45%
Ilya Mikheyev R 5 37:21 44%
Brandon Hagel L 5 23:20 28%
Anthony Cirelli C 5 22:40 27%
Victor Hedman D 5 22:06 26%
Jake Guentzel C 5 20:36 24%
Conor Geekie C 5 17:51 21%
Gage Goncalves C 5 15:57 19%

Game log

DateOpponentScore GAP+/- SOG5v5 CF–CA 5v5PPPK TOIFP
Oct 10 @ NYI 5–3 0 0 0 +1 1 13–14 16:28 – 2:33 19:01 3.6
Oct 8 vs MIN 3–2 0 1 1 +1 1 20–11 17:33 0:09 1:50 19:32 3.3
Oct 5 vs PHI 4–1 0 0 0 +3 1 17–5 18:33 – 3:42 22:15 2.8
Oct 3 vs WSH 3–1 0 0 0 +1 4 18–21 17:37 0:03 2:48 20:34 5.9
Oct 1 @ NYR 1–5 0 0 0 -1 1 11–10 14:32 – 1:24 16:00 3.0