Linus Ullmark

Linus Ullmark

31-Year-Old GoalieG
Ottawa Senators
2024 Fantasy Outlook
There were many who thought that the team made Ullmark over the last couple of seasons, but it was the other way around in both 2022-23 and 2023-24. The veteran won the Vezina two seasons ago on the back of an epic 40-6-1 record, 1.89 GAA and .938 save percentage. Ullmark backed that up with a 22-10-7 record in 39 starts last season, and his .915 save percentage and 2.57 GAA were seventh and ninth, respectively, in the NHL. Ullmark is a star goalie who'll be underrated on draft day with his move to Ottawa. His GSAx (goals saved above average) was third-best in the NHL in 2022-23 (38.21) and eighth-best in 2023-24 (21.62), which means Ullmark is one of the NHL's best goalies because he saves the most high-quality starts. He's not in the top-five goalies, but he could certainly be top-10 this year. Read Past Outlooks
$Signed a four-year, $33 million contract extension with the Senators in October of 2024.
Starting Saturday
GOttawa Senators
February 22, 2025
Ullmark (illness) will be between the home pipes versus Montreal on Saturday, per Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports.
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Ullmark was forced to miss Sweden's last game Monday, when he came down with the flu. He has lost his last two regular-season games after missing 19 contests with a back injury, allowing seven goals on 84 shots. Ullmark is 12-9-2 with three shutouts, a 2.49 GAA and a .915 save percentage across 25 appearances this season. The Canadiens are generating 2.88 goals per game, tied for 16th in the NHL in 2024-25.
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Ullmark has been a solid goaltender for a while, but he played at another level in 2022-23, posting a 40-6-1 record, 1.89 GAA and .938 save percentage in 49 outings. He struggled against Florida in the first round of the playoffs with a 3.33 GAA and an .896 save percentage, but his amazing regular season should hold more weight than that playoff collapse. Even still, goaltenders are tightly tied to the success and failures of the players in front of them. Even a modest decline from Boston -- which seems reasonable given roster turnover, cap constraints and just the improbability of perfectly replicating an all-time campaign -- will trickle down to Ullmark. That caveat acknowledged, the 30-year-old's .919 save percentage over 207 career games combined with the Bruins still being a pretty competitive team makes Ullmark a strong candidate to finish with over 30 wins as one of the league's top-10 goaltenders this season.
The Bruins gave Ullmark a four-year, $20 million deal in the summer of 2021 for him to presumably serve as the team's top option in goal. Instead, the emergence of rookie Jeremy Swayman essentially turned the Boston goaltending situation into a full-blown committee. Ullmark played exactly half of Boston's 82 regular season games and his numbers -- 26-10-2, 2.45 GAA, .917 save percentage -- were fine when he did start. Ullmark started each of the B's first two postseason contests before Swayman started the final five. Ullmark has the lucrative contract on his side, but Swayman is more than five years younger, making this a potential fantasy headache for a Boston team which will be without Charlie McAvoy (shoulder) and Brad Marchand (hips) early in the season.
Ullmark's numbers the past two seasons (26-20-6, 2.67 GAA, .916 save percentage) are actually quite strong when you consider he was playing for Buffalo. Ullmark's greatest issue this past year was a lack of durability as a pair of lower-body injuries sidelined him on a pair of separate occasions for a grand total of 29 games. There were rumblings Ullmark would be returning to the Sabres as an unrestricted free agent, but he instead chose to sign a four-year, $20 million deal with the Bruins. Boston has moved on from both Jaroslav Halak and Tuukka Rask, although it's possible Rask could return later in the year when he's back to full health. That leaves Ullmark as the unquestioned No. 1 man in Boston, with rookie Jeremy Swayman likely serving as the backup. Ullmark is apparently fully recovered from his lower-body injuries and stands to have a career year if he can remain healthy.
A one-year, $2.6 million contract is far from a ringing endorsement that Ullmark will be the netminder of the future for the Sabres, though he's shown the organization enough to at least compete for the starting job with Carter Hutton in 2020-21. The 26-year-old Swede went 17-14-3 with a 2.69 GAA, .915 save percentage and one shutout last year. Prior to suffering a leg injury in late-January, the rangy backstop had played in 20 of the club's previous 23 contests and was clearly the preferred choice between the pipes for then first-year coach Ralph Krueger. With the potential of a condensed schedule featuring plenty of back-to-backs, Ullmark could trend toward a 60/40 split with Hutton even if he is named the Opening Night starter.
Ullmark is expected to be brought back in via restricted free agency after recording 15 wins, a 3.11 GAA and .905 save percentage in 37 appearances (34 starts) for Buffalo last season. Those numbers are right in line with the 3.00 GAA and .908 save percentage posted by starter Carter Hutton, so Ullmark will be looking to push for at least an even timeshare in net, though he's likely to start the season in a backup role. The 26-year-old Swede probably has higher upside than Hutton should he take over the starting job and run with it, but Ullmark also has a lower floor.
Ullmark enters the season as a full-time NHL player after the Sabres elected to part ways with both of their incumbent goalies over the summer. The former SHL Goaltender of the Year is one of the finest young goaltenders to come out of Sweden in recent years, and he graduates to the show after a 44-game campaign with AHL Rochester, where he went 21-12-4 with a .922 save percentage. The Sabres see him as their franchise goalie but won't throw him into the fire just yet, instead tasking him to back up Carter Hutton. If Ullmark plays well there's no doubt the Sabres will give him more starts, but young goalies can be mercurial. Ullmark's fantasy value is as limited as his role this season, but he's a name to remember for the future.
Ullmark will serve as AHL Rochester's starter for the 2017-18 season as he continues to acclimate himself in North America. The former Swedish League Goalie of the Year went 27-26-2 in 55 games for Rochester last year, and allowed three goals on 36 shots in his only start for the Sabres. Ullmark is unlikely to suit up for the Sabres unless Robin Lehner or Chad Johnson get injured.
Ullmark, the 2014 Swedish Hockey League Goalie of the Year, had a tough campaign last year, suffering an injury that resulted in his GAA ballooning to 3.12 and his save percentage dropping to .904. MODO wasn't a strong team and Ullmark's poor play didn't help matters, but he's still regarded as one of the world's best young goaltenders and will make his North American debut this season. He will begin his career with AHL Rochester, where he will attempt to win the starting job over Andrey Makarov to kick off his career.
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Under the weather
GOttawa Senators
Illness
February 17, 2025
Ullmark is contending with an illness and will not be available for Sweden's game versus Team USA on Monday, according to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.
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Exits ice first Monday
GOttawa Senators
February 17, 2025
Ullmark was the first goalie off the ice Monday, Fluto Shinzawa of The Athletic reports, indicating he'll be between the pipes for Sweden's game against Team USA.
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Appears in relief at 4 Nations
GOttawa Senators
February 15, 2025
Ullmark took over the Swedish net Saturday to start the second period of its 4-3 overtime loss to Finland at the 4 Nations Face-Off in Montreal. He made 15 saves.
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Pelted with pucks in loss
GOttawa Senators
February 8, 2025
Ullmark made 43 saves Saturday in a 5-1 loss to Florida.
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Facing Panthers
GOttawa Senators
February 8, 2025
Ullmark will guard the visiting net in Florida on Saturday, TSN 1200 Ottawa reports.
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Set to start versus Canada
GOttawa Senators
February 12, 2025
Ullmark is in the starter's crease ahead of Sweden's clash with Canada on Wednesday, Bruce Garrioch of Postmedia reports, indicating he'll tend the twine.
ANALYSIS
Ullmark will get the nod ahead of Filip Gustavsson and injury-addition Samuel Ersson for the first of Sweden's three knockout-round contests. Depending on how Ullmark performs, he could keep the net ahead of Saturday's tilt with Finland, though head coach Sam Hallam may opt to go with one of the other two backstops.
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