Current Season
GP
35
Goals
2
Assists
4
Points
6
+/-
+10
S%
7.1%
Career Stats
Contract
Cap Hit
$800K
Total Value
$1.60M
Expires
2 yrs · 2026-2027
Status
Then RFA
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Recent Stories
The Lightning shuffle their blue line nightly, testing every combo from Hedman-Cernak to youngsters like Crozier and Lilleberg in a bid to rediscover the shutdown form that carried them for months. Coach Cooper's tinkering echoes the early-season reset that turned things around by October, but this post-Olympic funk has exposed real sync issues with 16 goals surrendered in three straight losses.
Tampa Bay defenseman Emil Lilleberg shakes off a 23-game injury absence and jumps back into the lineup against Toronto on Wednesday night. The 6-foot-2 Norwegian bruiser brings his heavy hits and shot-blocking to a Lightning blue line that's welcoming back Hedman, D'Astous, and others from the IR shelf amid a thin post-Olympics roster.