Ice Chips: Ullmark starts for Senators in crucial matchup against Blue Jackets
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Ottawa Senators
Linus Ullmark will get the start in net when the Senators take on the Columbus Blue Jackets as both teams continue to make a playoff push, according to TSN's Claire Hanna.
Ullmark, 31, has won seven of his last nine games and has a 20-13-3 record this season with a .909 save percentage and 2.78 goals-against average.
The Senators currently hold the first wild-card position in the Eastern Conference with a 38-28-5 record and are six points ahead of the Blue Jackets with 11 games remaining in the season.
Ottawa is projected to use these lines against the Blue Jackets:
Pittsburgh Penguins
Forward Boko Imama's season is over after he underwent surgery to repair a bicep injury, the team announced on Saturday.
Imama, 28, split time between Pittsburgh and the AHL's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins this season.
The 6-foot-1 winger recorded a goal in 16 games in Pittsburgh while adding three goals and five points in 24 games in the NHL.
Imama has an expected recovery time of four-to-six months.
Buffalo Sabres
Defenceman Rasmus Dahlin will not be available to the Sabres when his team takes on the Philadelphia Flyers due to an illness.
Dahlin, 24, has 13 goals and 57 points in 63 games this season while averaging 24:18 of ice time.
San Jose Sharks
The Sharks recalled defenceman Jimmy Schuldt from the AHL's San Jose Barracuda on Saturday.
Schuldt, 29, appeared in five games with the Sharks this season, averaging 14:28 of ice time.
The 6-foot-1 left-shot defenceman has six goals and 20 points in 59 games in the AHL this season.