{"id":537090,"date":"2026-03-15T02:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T02:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/537090\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T02:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T02:14:08","slug":"linus-ullmark-feeling-good-as-impressive-play-continues-since-return-to-ottawa-senators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/537090\/","title":{"rendered":"Linus Ullmark feeling good as impressive play continues since return to Ottawa Senators"},"content":{"rendered":"

OTTAWA \u2014 Linus Ullmark<\/a> knows there will be good days and bad days just like there will be good games and bad games. What matters is how he handles them.<\/p>\n

The Ottawa Senators<\/a> goaltender had a good day Saturday posting a 2-0 shutout against the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> where he made 23 saves.<\/p>\n

Ullmark took a leave of absence from the Senators earlier this year to deal with mental health issues.<\/p>\n

Since his return to action Jan. 31, he\u2019s played in nine of 12 games and gone 6-1-2.<\/p>\n

When asked how he\u2019s been feeling and how he\u2019s maintaining focus Ullmark took a moment to reflect before answering.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, it\u2019s been better,\u201d he said. \u201cA lot of things that I dealt with was due to me not having the right tools to deal with them, and now, when I\u2019ve done the work and continue to do so, having weekly conversations. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt helps in the way of settling down in games and not take things for granted or get frustrated when you let the first puck in or, you know, sometimes it\u2019s hard to be in the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ullmark went on to add that it can be challenging \u201cto be in the moment,\u201d and not start to think about what could have gone better or be done differently.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut now it feels better to kind of be able to look up into the sky, into the stands, seeing happy fans, kids having fun, or whatever, and try to enjoy it as much as they do,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no denying the Senators are better when Ullmark is at his best.<\/p>\n

With Ottawa (33-23-9) pushing for a playoff spot, they need their goaltender to be solid and Saturday he gave them every chance to stay in the game.<\/p>\n

Ullmark made a number of big saves to start the second when the game was scoreless, and the Ducks were pressing. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe was great (Saturday),\u201d said Senators coach Travis Green<\/a>. \u201cGood to see. Got a lot of belief in him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Teammates were also quick to offer their praise to their goaltender, recognizing his contributions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it kind of settles us down to know that, you know, he\u2019s here tonight,\u201d said Pinto. \u201cAnd yeah, the whole game he made so many good saves, especially in the third there. And yeah, just a good team win. I\u2019m just glad he got a shutout.\u201d<\/p>\n

Players admitted they fed off Ullmark\u2019s poise and confidence and were able to build on it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt times your best player is your goaltender and he\u2019s going to make some saves and he\u2019s going to keep you in,\u201d Chabot said. \u201cI thought from there we went on and took over the game and didn\u2019t give them much the rest of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

General manager Steve Staios<\/a> spoke to the broadcast during the first intermission and provided his full support to his goaltender and admitted he believes Ullmark provides the Senators with the best chance to become a contender.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s very hard to find goaltenders like this and I can understand when a goaltender goes through a stretch where he\u2019s not playing well it gets scrutinized because of the position,\u201d Staios said. \u201cI certainly wouldn\u2019t change a thing. We love having Linus Ullmark<\/a> here and we believe in him, and we believe he\u2019s going to turn it around.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heading into Saturday night\u2019s games, the Senators sat three points out of a playoff spot. With 17 games remaining, Ottawa knows it needs to be at its best nearly every single game and having Ullmark play his best would go a long way in punching their ticket to the playoffs.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 14, 2026.<\/p>\n

Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 Linus Ullmark knows there will be good days and bad days just like there will be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739,82],"class_list":["post-537090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}