Senators red-hot goaltender Linus Ullmark suffered an injury during yesterday's game against the Oilers, and Travis Green provided a post-game update on it.

Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark left the game before the second period with a back injury and didn't return. The 31-year-old netminder has been one of the NHL's hottest goalies and was just named one of the league's "Three Stars" for the week of Dec. 9 to Dec. 16.

Things have been going pretty darn well for the Ottawa Senators as of late with the Sens starting to look like a team that is putting the pieces together, perhaps even enough to transform themselves into a potential playoff contender after a rough start to the 2024-25 National Hockey League regular season.

Riding a personal seven-game winning streak, there didn't seem to be anything that could cool off Ottawa Senators goalie Linus Ullmark. Almost on cue, the injury bug slithered into Rogers Place in Edmonton on Sunday night and basically said,

As per the Ottawa Senators, “Linus Ullmark sustained an upper-body injury during tonight’s game against the Edmonton Oilers. He will not return to action this evening.” The update does not give any indication as to the severity of Ullmak’s injury,

The Senators’ emergency goaltender was Zach Dietz, a University of Ottawa backup, but he wasn’t on the ice for warmup. Dietz was at the game with his girlfriend and was wearing a No. 9 Josh Norris jersey before he was called into service.