Ullmark will be between the home pipes versus Florida on Thursday, Julian McKenzie of The Athletic reports.
Ullmark will get the Opening Night assignment after the Senators dealt with Boston in the offseason to bring in the netminder. Ullmark was 22-10-7 with a 2.58 GAA and a .915 save percentage with the Bruins last year, one season removed from his 40-6-1 Vezina Trophy-winning campaign in 2022-23. Ullmark gets a tough assignment as the Panthers are the defending Stanley Cup champions.
Ullmark agreed to terms on a four-year, $33 million contract extension with Ottawa on Wednesday, Darren Dreger of TSN reports.
Ullmark has yet to appear in a regular-season game for the Senators, but it seems the team already wants to lock him up long-term. With the Bruins last year, the 31-year-old backstop went 22-10-7 with a 2.58 GAA in 40 outings. Now in Ottawa, Ullmark should see significantly more starts, perhaps logging between 55-60 games, making him a top-end fantasy prospect.
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Senators' Linus Ullmark: Cruises to preseason win
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Ullmark stopped 23 of 25 shots in Saturday's preseason win over the Canadiens.
Shane Pinto scored twice in the first six minutes of the first period en route to a hat trick, and Ullmark made sure Montreal never got level in a 4-2 win. The veteran netminder won't enjoy the same kind of stingy defense he played behind in Boston, but as Ottawa's unquestioned No. 1 in the crease, Ullmark should also top the career-high 49 games played he recorded in the 2022-23 regular season, which should help make up for any regression in his GAA and save percentage.
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Senators' Linus Ullmark: Slated starter Saturday
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Ullmark is set to guard the home goal against Montreal in Saturday's preseason clash, TSN 1200 Ottawa reports.
Ullmark had a 22-10-7 record, 2.58 GAA and .915 save percentage in 40 regular-season appearances with Boston in 2023-24. He was fantastic with the Bruins, even winning the Vezina Trophy in 2022-23. However, Ullmark was dealt in the summer to Ottawa, a squad looking to make the playoffs for the first time since 2017. It remains unclear if the 31-year-old netminder will be as effective with his new team. Still, he held his own in Tuesday's exhibition action against the Canadiens, stopping 29 of 32 shots en route to a 4-3 victory.
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Senators' Linus Ullmark: Goes distance for win Tuesday
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Ullmark turned aside 29 of 32 shots in Tuesday's 4-3 preseason win over the Canadiens.
Montreal jumped out to a 2-0 lead early in the second period, and Ottawa proceeded to watch Brady Tkachuk (upper body), Tim Stutzle (upper body) and Thomas Chabot (undisclosed) all leave the game due to injuries, but Ullmark came up big down the stretch for his undermanned club. The veteran netminder won't enjoy the benefit of working behind the Bruins' stingy defensive scheme this season, but he also won't have to worry about sharing starting duties. Ullmark has a strong chance of topping the 22 wins he recorded last season in his first campaign with the Senators.
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Senators' Linus Ullmark: Between pipes Tuesday
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Ullmark will guard the road crease in Tuesday's exhibition contest against Montreal, according to Bruce Garrioch of Postmedia.
Ullmark will play the entirety of the contest as the Swedish netminder is gearing up for the regular season. The 31-year-old stopped 28 of 29 shots in his first exhibition appearance against Buffalo on Thursday. Ullmark is entering his first season with Ottawa after being acquired in a trade from Boston in June.
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Senators' Linus Ullmark: Slated to start Thursday
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Ullmark is expected to start at home in Thursday's preseason game against Buffalo, per Bruce Garrioch of Postmedia.
Ullmark posted a 22-10-7 record, 2.58 GAA and .915 save percentage in 40 contests with the Bruins in 2023-24. He was dealt to Ottawa over the summer and is set to begin the campaign as the Senators' clear No. 1 goaltender. Anton Forsberg will likely enter the season as the backup netminder, but Mads Sogaard is also challenging for the role of Ullmark's understudy.
Boston traded Ullmark to the Senators for Joonas Korpisalo, Mark Kastelic and a 2024 first-round pick Monday.
Ullmark will head to Ottawa with one year remaining on his contract, but it seems likely that the team will look to work out an extension. He won the Vezina Trophy during the 2022-23 campaign with just 49 regular-season appearances and split the workload with Jeremy Swayman again for most of this season, producing a .915 save percentage and a 2.58 GAA in the process. With Korpisalo heading to the Bruins, Ullmark should see more action during the 2024-25 campaign while Anton Forsberg serves as the backup. Ullmark appeared in just two of Boston's 13 postseason games.
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Bruins' Linus Ullmark: Needed in relief
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Ullmark allowed two goals on 10 shots after replacing Jeremy Swayman in the third period of Wednesday's 6-1 loss to the Panthers in Game 2.
Swayman allowed three goals in the second period and a fourth tally 1:28 into the third before the Bruins turned to Ullmark in net. While Swayman would wind up with the loss, Ullmark didn't fair much better, allowing two more goals later in the frame. The 30-year-old Ullmark hadn't made an appearance since Game 2 of Boston's opening-round series against Toronto, when he allowed three goals on 34 shots in a loss. However, the Bruins could turn to Ullmark in net for Friday's Game 3 following Swayman's rough Game 2 outing, though that may be a bit unlikely given how great Swayman has been in the playoffs so far.
Ullmark allowed three goals on 33 shots in Monday's 3-2 loss to the Maple Leafs in Game 2.
Ullmark was solid Monday, but an Auston Matthews goal on a breakaway in the third period would ultimately stick the 30-year-old netminder with a one-goal loss. Ullmark went 22-10-7 with a .915 save percentage and 2.58 GAA in the regular season. It appears that Boston will continue to alternate him and Jeremy Swayman in the playoffs, lining up Ullmark for a road start in Game 4 on Saturday.
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Bruins' Linus Ullmark: Tending twine Monday
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Ullmark will start Game 2 at home against Toronto on Monday, Chris Johnston of The Athletic reports.
Boston will continue to alternate between Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman as they did for most of the regular season. Ullmark is 6-4-1 with a .923 save percentage since the start of March, though he ended the regular season with a loss against Ottawa. For the season, he went 22-10-7 with a 2.58 GAA in 40 appearances.
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Bruins' Linus Ullmark: Downed by Sens
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Ullmark stopped 17 of 19 shots in Tuesday's 3-1 loss to the Senators, with Ottawa's final goal getting scored into an empty net.
The veteran netminder didn't look particularly sharp on the two pucks that beat him in the second period, both of which came as he was moving to his right and got handcuffed by a quick shot. Ullmark finished the regular season having allowed three goals or less in eight of his last nine starts, going 6-3-0 with a 1.90 GAA and .935 save percentage, and he seems likely to be between the pipes when Boston begins a first-round playoff series against Toronto this weekend.
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Bruins' Linus Ullmark: Facing Ottawa
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Ullmark will protect the home net Tuesday against the Senators, TSN 1200 Ottawa reports.
Ullmark has stopped 87 of 93 shots during his three-game winning streak. He has a 22-9-7 record this season with a 2.59 GAA and a .915 save percentage across 39 appearances. Ottawa ranks 20th in the league this campaign with 3.05 goals per contest.
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Bruins' Linus Ullmark: Gets win over Penguins
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Ullmark stopped 28 of 32 shots in Saturday's 6-4 win over the Penguins.
Both teams erupted on offense over the final 40 minutes after a scoreless first period. Ullmark was able to escape with his third straight win and his sixth victory in his last eight outings. The 30-year-old is at 22-9-7 with a 2.59 GAA and a .915 save percentage over 39 appearances. The Bruins' final two games of the regular season are back-to-back, which likely means Jeremy Swayman will start Monday versus the Capitals and Ullmark will get the home finale versus the Senators on Tuesday.
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Bruins' Linus Ullmark: Starting in Pittsburgh
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Ullmark will guard the road net Saturday versus the Penguins, Seth Rorabaugh of Tribune-Review Sports reports.
Ullmark has won his last two starts, allowing just two goals on 61 shots in that span. Overall, he's 21-9-7 with a .916 save percentage and 2.55 this season. He'll take on a Penguins team that's averaging 3.05 goals per game.
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Bruins' Linus Ullmark: Nabs OT win against Florida
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Ullmark turned aside 28 shots in Saturday's 3-2 overtime win over the Panthers.
The 30-year-old netminder continues an impressive run to close out the regular season. Ullmark hasn't allowed more than three goals in any of his last eight starts, going 5-2-1 with a dazzling 1.62 GAA and .945 save percentage. With Jeremy Swayman also playing well in Boston's timeshare, the team remains just one point back of the Rangers in the race for the top seed in the Eastern Conference.
