Things didn’t look great when Erik Cernak left the Tampa Bay Lightning game against the Carolina Hurricanes on November 9th with an upper body injury. He fills a huge role for the team as one of their minutes leaders, blocked shots leaders, and just good ol’ tough to play against leaders. At the time of the injury he was expected to be out “week-to-week” and now, after just over a week, it looks like he could be back soon.
Cooper said Erik Cernak is probably another week away.