Goalie Start
Ullmark will start Saturday in San Jose.
Ottawa Senators News
Cousins (back) will make his season debut on Thursday.
Cousins had 27 points (7G / 20A) in 81 games with the Coyotes last year and signed a one-year, $1.0M AAV deal with the Canadiens this summer. Cousins will make his Montreal debut on the fourth line with Nate Thompson and Nick Suzuki.
Goalie Start
Ullmark starts Wednesday in Anaheim.
The Senators have sent Vitaly Abramov to Bellville (AHL).
Abramov scored a goal in his season debut but returns to the AHL with Mikkel Boedker likely taking his spot in the lineup on Monday. Abramov didn’t have a point in his AHL season debut but had seven points (4G / 3A) in 18 AHL games last year.
Goalie Start
Ullmark will start Friday vs. the Panthers.
Ullmark allowed four goals on 40 shots in the Sabres overtime loss in Columbus on Monday. Ullmark was the Sabres’ best player on the ice by a wide margin and earned himself another start tonight vs. the Sabres. The 26-year-old was 8-6-3 with a 3.48 GAA, .893 SV% and one shutout in 17 games at KeyBank Center last season.
Cousins (back) will not travel to Buffalo.
Cousins has not played in the first two games of the season and suffered a back injury in Monday’s practice. Cousins will not travel to Buffalo for Wednesday’s game, so expect their lineup to remain the same from Saturday’s win in Toronto.
Goalie Start
Ullmark will make his season debut in Columbus.
Ullmark appeared in a career-high 37 games in 2019-20, going 15-14-5 with a 3.11 GAA and .905 SV%. Carter Hutton has had a strong start to the season, but the Sabres view this as a good time to get Ullmark into the crease. He’ll face a Blue Jackets team that has started the season at 0-2 while being outscored 11-3.
The Senators have recalled Vitaly Abramov from Belleville (AHL).
Abramov made his NHL debut with the Senators last year but opened the year with Belleville. With Filip Chlapik and Drake Batherson being re-assigned on Sunday, Abramov comes up and will likely be in the lineup on Thursday. Abramov had 29 points (16G / 13A) in 70 AHL games last season.
The Senators sent Drake Batherson to the AHL on Sunday.
Batherson was held without a point and shot while posting a minus-4 rating in the first two games of the 2019-20 season. He heads to Belleville, where he led the team with 62 points (22G / 40A) in 59 games last season.
The Senators have signed Thomas Chabot to an eight-year contract extension worth $64 million ($8.0M AAV).
Chabot is coming off of a fantastic sophomore campaign, scoring 14 goals with 41 assists (55 points) in 70 games. The Senators have a young, up-and-coming team and Chabot could lead the team in points in 2020. The 22-year-old has just one career power-play goal, something that will change this season and allow him to approach last year’s totals.
The Sabres have re-signed Linus Ullmark to a one-year, $1.325 million contract.
Ullmark appeared in 37 games during his first full year with the Sabres, going 15-14-5 with a 3.11 GAA and .905 SV%. Ullmark will likely play a similar number of games in 2020 as he heads into the season as Carter Hutton’s backup.
The Kings have re-signed Mike Amadio to two-year contract.
The Senators have signed Lassi Thomson to a three-year, entry-level contract.
The Sabres have signed Dylan Cozens to an entry-level contract.
The Canadiens have signed Nick Cousins to a one-year contract worth $1.0M.
With the No.19 Pick in the 2019 NHL Draft the Ottawa Senators select Lassi Thomson.
With the No.7 Pick in the 2019 NHL Draft the Buffalo Sabres select Dylan Cozens.
The Devils have signed Fabian Zetterlund to a three-year, entry-level contract.
Zetterlund, 19, was a third-round pick (No.63 overall) of the Devils in 2017 and had four points (2G / 2A) in 16 games with Farjestads BK Karlstad of the Swedish Elite League this season. Zetterlund has represented Sweden twice at the World Juniors, where he had two goals in 12 games overall.
The Senators signed Olle Alsing to a two-year, entry-level contract.
Alsing, 23, was an undrafted free agent, who had four goals and 11 assists (15 points) in 49 games with Djurgardens IF of the Swedish Elite League.
Eller (upper-body) is expected to play in Game 1 on Thursday.
Eller left Tuesday’s practice early but is expected to play in Game 1 vs. the Hurricanes. The 29-year-old had seven goals and 11 assists (18 points) in 24 games during the Capitals Stanley Cup run last year.
