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Linus Ullmark

#35 · Goalie · Ottawa Senators

Born Jul 31, 1993 in Lugnvik, SWE (age 33) · 6'4", 223 lb · Catches left · Drafted 163rd overall in 2012 by BUF (round 6)

Trophy case

Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 2022-23
William M. Jennings Trophy Goaltender(s) on Team with Fewest Goals Against 2022-23

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ilya Samsonov TOR · 40 GP, 0.890 Marc-Andre Fleury MIN · 40 GP, 0.895 Elvis Merzlikins CBJ · 41 GP, 0.897 Samuel Montembeault MTL · 41 GP, 0.903 Pyotr Kochetkov CAR · 42 GP, 0.911

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0102030402015-16: 20 games2015-162016-17: 1 games116-172017-18: 5 games517-182018-19: 37 games3718-192019-20: 34 games3419-202020-21: 20 games2020-212021-22: 41 games4121-222022-23: 49 games4922-232023-24: 40 games4023-242024-25: 44 games4424-252025-26: 49 games4925-262026-27: 2 games226-27

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Cap hit
2015-16 BUF 20 565 516 49 0.913 $776K
2016-17 BUF 1 36 33 3 0.917 $776K
2017-18 BUF 5 123 115 8 0.935 $750K
2018-19 BUF 37 1146 1037 109 0.905 $750K
2019-20 BUF 34 1066 975 91 0.915 $1.325M
2020-21 BUF 20 591 542 49 0.917 $2.6M
2021-22 BOS 41 1140 1045 95 0.917 $5M
2022-23 BOS 49 1457 1366 91 0.938 $5M
2023-24 BOS 40 1207 1105 103 0.915 $5M
2024-25 OTT 44 1229 1118 112 0.910 $5M
2025-26 OTT 49 1198 1067 131 0.891 $8.25M
2026-27 OTT 2 39 37 2 0.949 $8.25M
12 seasons Career 342 9797 8956 843 0.914

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
2021-22 BOS 2 57 49 8 0.860
2022-23 BOS 6 192 172 20 0.896
2023-24 BOS 2 44 39 5 0.886
2024-25 OTT 6 150 132 18 0.880
2025-26 OTT 4 133 124 9 0.932
5 seasons Playoffs 20 576 516 60 0.896

2023-24 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
40 1207 1105 103 0.915 2.58

Contract

$5MCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$202KCap dollars per goal above replacement24.8 goals above replacement
$5.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$281KValueworth less cap hit

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 65 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Boston Bruins on Jul 28, 2021, as a new contract: 4 years and $20M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2024-25, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $5M $3.5M $0 $3.5M NMC
2022-23 $5M $5M $1M $6M NMC
2023-24 $5M $5M $1M $6M M-NTC
2024-25 $5M $3.5M $1M $4.5M M-NTC

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Oct 9, 2024 Ottawa Senators Extension 2025-26 to 2028-29 4 $33M $8.25M
Jul 28, 2021 Boston Bruins New contract 2021-22 to 2024-25 4 $20M $5M
Oct 25, 2020 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $2.6M $2.6M
Aug 3, 2019 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $1.325M $1.325M
Jun 13, 2017 Buffalo Sabres Extension 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $1.5M $750K
May 31, 2014 Buffalo Sabres Entry-level 2014-15 to 2016-17 3 $2.775M $776K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2023-24 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2023-24 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+24.8Goals above replacement9th of 65 goalies
+4.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+13.0Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 65 ranked goalies: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. Goals above average is coloured as it is under Shots faced below, where it is taken per 60 minutes.

The goals he saved for his team, compared with a spare-part goalie facing the same shots. A goalie's season is about one-third the goalie and two-thirds chance, so read one year lightly.

-10010203040502015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

Shots faced

Expected goals adds up how likely each shot he faced was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. A goalie who lets in fewer than that has saved goals above expected. Only shots taken while he was in net count, and the league's goalies as a whole come out at zero. What these numbers mean

+13.0Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
116.0Expected goals againstfrom 1,766 unblocked attempts
103Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.915Save %0.904 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 70 goalies who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. The two goals against tiles are left plain, since they follow how much he played.

Goals saved +0.32 above expected per 60 minutes86th
Shot difficulty 6.6% chance per attempt faced37thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 70 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Expected 116.0Allowed 103

The goals he was expected to let in and the goals he did, as the season went on. When the allowed line runs below the expected line, he is saving more than his shots were worth.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 16, 2024 vs OTT L 1-3 19 17 2 0.895 58:24
Apr 13, 2024 @ PIT W 6-4 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Apr 6, 2024 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 30 28 2 0.933 61:29
Apr 2, 2024 @ NSH W 3-0 31 31 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 27, 2024 @ TBL L 1-3 30 28 2 0.933 59:36
Mar 23, 2024 @ PHI L 2-3 29 26 3 0.897 58:31
Mar 19, 2024 vs OTT W 6-2 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Mar 14, 2024 @ MTL W 2-1 (OT) 19 18 1 0.947 60:25
Mar 9, 2024 vs PIT W 5-1 39 38 1 0.974 59:05
Mar 5, 2024 vs EDM L 1-2 (OT) 26 24 2 0.923 62:18
Mar 2, 2024 @ NYI L 1-5 26 21 5 0.808 60:00
Feb 26, 2024 @ SEA L 3-4 (SO) 27 24 3 0.889 65:00
Feb 22, 2024 @ CGY L 2-3 (OT) 30 27 3 0.900 63:41
Feb 17, 2024 vs LAK L 4-5 (OT) 35 30 5 0.857 64:33
Feb 13, 2024 vs TBL L 2-3 (SO) 25 23 2 0.920 64:25
Feb 8, 2024 vs VAN W 4-0 17 17 0 1.000 59:36
Jan 27, 2024 @ PHI W 6-2 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Jan 24, 2024 vs CAR L 2-3 33 30 3 0.909 57:40
Jan 20, 2024 vs MTL W 9-4 21 17 4 0.810 60:00
Jan 9, 2024 @ ARI L 3-4 (OT) 35 32 3 0.914 62:06
Jan 6, 2024 vs TBL W 7-3 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Jan 2, 2024 @ CBJ W 4-1 27 26 1 0.963 59:53
Dec 30, 2023 vs NJD W 5-2 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Dec 23, 2023 @ MIN L 2-3 35 33 3 0.943 58:16
Dec 19, 2023 vs MIN L 3-4 (OT) 30 26 4 0.867 62:07
Dec 15, 2023 @ NYI W 5-4 (SO) 37 33 4 0.892 65:00
Dec 9, 2023 vs ARI W 5-3 33 30 3 0.909 59:47
Dec 7, 2023 vs BUF L 1-3 35 32 3 0.914 56:34
Dec 2, 2023 @ TOR W 4-3 (OT) 40 37 3 0.925 64:52
Nov 27, 2023 @ CBJ L 2-5 20 18 2 0.900 32:45
Nov 25, 2023 @ NYR L 4-7 40 33 7 0.825 60:00
Nov 22, 2023 @ FLA W 3-1 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Nov 14, 2023 @ BUF W 5-2 34 32 2 0.941 59:21
Nov 9, 2023 vs NYI W 5-2 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Nov 4, 2023 @ DET L 4-5 40 35 5 0.875 59:48
Oct 30, 2023 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 37 35 2 0.946 63:36
Oct 26, 2023 vs ANA L 3-4 (OT) 32 28 4 0.875 61:27
Oct 22, 2023 @ ANA W 3-1 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Oct 19, 2023 @ SJS W 3-1 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Oct 11, 2023 vs CHI W 3-1 21 20 1 0.952 59:53