{"id":398422,"date":"2026-01-08T22:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/398422\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T22:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:57:10","slug":"ottawa-senators-move-linus-ullmark-to-non-roster-spot-activate-lars-eller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/398422\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Senators move Linus Ullmark to non-roster spot, activate Lars Eller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/ottawa-senators\/9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/ottawa-senators\/9\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa Senators<\/a> have moved goaltender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/linus-ullmark\/8476999\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/linus-ullmark\/8476999\" target=\"_blank\">Linus Ullmark<\/a> to a non-roster spot in order to make room on the 23-man roster for forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/lars-eller\/8474189\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/lars-eller\/8474189\" target=\"_blank\">Lars Eller<\/a>, the team announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ullmark took a leave of absence from the team due to personal reasons on Dec. 28. While he is off the roster, Ullmark\u2019s full $8.25 million salary will continue to count against the cap.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">In order to make room for Lars Eller on our 23-man roster, we have moved Linus Ullmark to a non-roster spot.<\/p>\n<p>De fa\u00e7on \u00e0 faciliter le retour de Lars Eller dans notre formation de 23 joueurs, nous avons d\u00e9plac\u00e9 Linus Ullmark vers la liste des joueurs inactifs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sens Communications (@Media_Sens) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Media_Sens\/status\/2009379530876579878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Eller, 36, will return to the lineup for the first time since Dec. 11, when he sustained a lower-body injury. He has recorded two goals and six points in 28 games this season. The 17-year veteran has 190 goals and 430 points in 1,144 NHL games with the Senators, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/washington-capitals\/15\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/washington-capitals\/15\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Capitals<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/pittsburgh-penguins\/5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/pittsburgh-penguins\/5\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/colorado-avalanche\/21\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/colorado-avalanche\/21\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/montreal-canadiens\/8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/montreal-canadiens\/8\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/st-louis-blues\/19\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/st-louis-blues\/19\" target=\"_blank\">St. Louis Blues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ullmark last played in the Senators\u2019 7-5 loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/toronto-maple-leafs\/10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/toronto-maple-leafs\/10\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> on Dec. 27, where he was pulled after allowing four goals on 14 shots. He has appeared in 28 games in his second season in Ottawa, and owns a 2.95 goals-against average and an .881 save percentage on the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">An 11-year veteran, Ullmark spent his first six seasons with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/buffalo-sabres\/7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/buffalo-sabres\/7\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a> before he joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/boston-bruins\/6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/boston-bruins\/6\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Bruins<\/a>, where he won a Vezina Trophy following the 2022-23 season. He has spent the past two seasons in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ottawa Senators have moved goaltender Linus Ullmark to a non-roster spot in order to make room on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5104],"tags":[4759,5,50536,40225,4,72,25,33540,5157,73],"class_list":{"0":"post-398422","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ottawa-senators","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-lars-eller-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8474189","11":"tag-linus-ullmark-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8476999","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-ottawa","14":"tag-ottawa-senators","15":"tag-ottawa-senators-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-9","16":"tag-ottawasenators","17":"tag-senators"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115861955815925081","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}