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Jan Jenik has been recalled from the Tucson Roadrunners (AHL).

Janik had seven goals, 16 assists, 50 PIMs, and a +3 plus/minus through 30 games with Tucson (AHL) and has been recalled to Arizona for a second time this season. The 22-year-old played in one NHL game earlier this season, failing to pick up a point and grabbing four PIMs in the process.

Jan Jenik
Linus Ullmark will not travel with the Bruins on their road trip as precautionary reasons (undisclosed).

Ullmark is 40-6-1 with a 1.89 GAA and .939 SV% but was not present at the Bruins' practice Wednesday due to an undisclosed injury. Ullmark is expected to be fully healthy for the playoffs so Boston fans have little to worry about as this is all just precaution with their star netminder.

Linus Ullmark
Mads Sogaard will start Thursday vs. Buffalo.

Sogaard allowed two goals on 29 shots (.931 SV%) for his third victory in five games played as he beat the Carolina Hurricanes in his previous start. The 22-year-old has endured a year of learning in his tough, rookie season, with his 8-6-2 record, 3.29 GAA and .889 SV%. He takes on the Buffalo Sabres for their second last contest of the season, who snapped a three-game winning streak with a 6-2 loss to New Jersey on Tuesday.

Mads Sogaard
Ullmark will start Tuesday vs. the Capitals.

Ullmark stopped 29 of 30 shots (.967 SV%) for his third-straight win as he beat the New Jersey Devils in his previous start. The 29-year-old has all but locked up the Vezina Trophy this season as he leads the NHL in almost all major categories, with his historical 39-6-1 record, 1.89 GAA and .938 SV%. He takes on the Washington Capitals, who just snapped a six-game losing streak. with a 5-2 win over the New York Islanders in their last start.

Linus Ullmark
The Senators have recalled Maxence Guenette from Belleville (AHL).

Guenette had four goals, 34 assists, 23 PIMs and a -17 plus/minus in 69 games with the Belleville Senators (AHL) and has been recalled to Ottawa Tuesday for the first time in his career. The 21-year-old has yet to see any NHL action in his career and was Ottawa's 2019 seventh-round pick (187th overall).

Max Guenette
Sogaard will start Monday vs. the Hurricanes.

Sogaard allowed four goals on 18 shots (.778 SV%) as he took the no-contest in a two-period relief appearance in his previous start. The 22-year-old rookie has struggled in his short-showing this season, with his 7-6-2 record, 3.37 GAA and .887 SV%. He takes on the Carolina Hurricanes, who have lost their last two-games but are third in the NHL in shots per game (34.9).

Mads Sogaard
Leevi Merilainen will start Tuesday vs. Carolina.

Merilainen was 18-13-7 with a .918 SV% and 2.02 GAA with Karpat (Liiga) this season and has earned his first NHL callup and start Tuesday. The 20-year-old was the Senators' 2020 third-round pick (71 overall) and will be making his NHL debut vs. Carolina, who has won their last two games and are third in the NHL in shots per game (34.9).

Leevi Merilainen
Tkachuk left the morning skate early and could be one of the Senators game-time decisions on Tuesday.

The Senators announced that they have two or three game-time decisions on Tuesday but did not disclose who those players were. Tkachuk appeared to be banged up in their last game and left the morning skate early, so Tkachuk may be one of the players in question this evening.

Brady Tkachuk
Merilainen is in the starter's crease at the Senators morning skate.

Merilainen was 18-13-7 with a .918 SV% and 2.02 GAA with Karpat (Liiga) this season and has earned his first NHL callup and start Tuesday. The 20-year-old was the Senators' 2020 third-round pick (71 overall) and will be making his NHL debut vs. Carolina, who has won their last two games and are third in the NHL in shots per game (34.9).

Leevi Merilainen