It was Olle Lycksell who got his first goal as a Senator, and it stood up as the game-winner for the Sens, who improved to 3-4-1 on the young season. Lycksell played 19 games for the Flyers last season before signing in Ottawa over the summer.

Ullmark has posted a 2-3-0 record with a 3.99 goals-against average and an .848 save percentage this season. He wasn’t happy with the way Anders Lee scored the winner in the final minute of the club’s 5-4 loss to the New York Islanders on Saturday at home, but he is determined to move on.

No. 3-ranked Michigan blanked No. 2 Western Michigan, 4-0, at Yost Ice Arena in Ann Arbor on Thursday. The Wolverines are 7-0 for the first time since 1979 and are off the best defensive start in program history. Freshman goalie Jack Ivankovic stopped a career-high 32 shots against the defending NCAA champions.

Darche also announced that Pierre Engvall is expected to be sidelined for the remainder of the season after undergoing ankle surgery.

The Ottawa Senators goalie made a stunning save with the heel of his paddle against the New York Islanders on Saturday. Ullmark stopped a shot from the right circle and the rebound squirted to New York Islanders captain Anders Lee , who sent a perfectly placed pass across the front of the crease to Jean-Gabriel Pageau on the doorstep.

The Ottawa Senators have announced that they have sent goaltender Leevi Merilainen to the American Hockey League (AHL) and have recalled Mads Sogaard, who is expected to take the backup job behind Linus Ullmark.