Ullmark's next chance to suit up will be at home against Minnesota on Saturday.

According to TSN Ottawa, Ottawa Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark (back) will not serve as the backup on Thursday evening when the Senators face the Capitals. The team expressed optimism that Ullmark could return during their current homestand but will need at least another day to recover.

Forsberg was the first goalie to leave the ice Thursday, TSN 1200 Ottawa reports, indicating he'll be in goal at home versus Washington. Forsberg has been seeing the bulk of the workload for Ottawa of late,

After missing almost a month of action with a back injury, goalie Linus Ullmark looks like he'll be ready to return to the lineup soon. At that point, with Anton Forsberg and Leevi Merilainen, the Senators will have three available goalies. This just in: there isn't room on the bench for two backup goalies.

Anders Lundberg, Sweden’s general manager, must quickly pivot to a new contingency plan for the 4 Nations Face-Off. Significant question marks surround the goaltending position as the injury has bitten weeks before the start of the inaugural tournament by taking out two of their top options in the crease.

Is there a genuine debate about who should back up Linus Ullmark when he's healthy enough to play again? Could the Senators lean on both?

One thing to watch: It’s been an awakening for The Great 8, 39-year-old Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin, who has 22 goals in 34 games (he scored 31 all of last season). With 875 career goals, he’s now just 19 behind the NHL all-time record set by Wayne Gretzky.

Capitals isn’t out of the realm of possibilities. “Linus had another day on the ice,” Green said when prodded for an update on his status.

Head coach Travis Green says that Jensen won't play because of an undisclosed injury, while Travis Hamonic will make his return.

Anton Forsberg isn't making the Senators' looming decision on goaltending any easier. This just in: there isn't room on the bench for two backup goalies. In Ullmark's absence, Merilainen has been ...

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Michael Finewax suggests trading for Linus Ullmark, who is close to returning to the Ottawa lineup from a back injury that has sidelined him since Dec. 22.