Linus Ullmark
Age 33 · Catches left · 6′4″ · 223 lb · Born Lugnvik, SWE
Drafted 2012, #163 overall by Buffalo
2025-262025-26: 49 games, 28-12-8, .891 save %, 2.73 GAA Season detail →
Linus Ullmark has a .949 save percentage over 2 games of 2026-27, after .891 in 49 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sampleA .949 save percentage over 2 games, top-15% in save %
Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 1+ games.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Sixty-five points of save percentage above the league at even strength
2 starts in 2026-27: save percentage split by strength, how often he finished what he started, and the goal support in front of him.
Workload
12.5 goals below expected in 2025-26
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
2026-27. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed.
A .857 save percentage from the slot, 15th of 38 goalies
Every shot on goal he faced, split into the same five zones as our shot maps. The map shows where the goals against came from.
Save % by zone
See all: Save % by zone →Save % and rank among the 38 goalies who faced at least a third of the league-high shot total in 2026-27. Bars start at .750. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Save % by zone, every goalieAgainst Philadelphia, 2 wins in 2
PHIW 3-2 OT222.90963:19PHIW 2-1231.95760:00
BOSL 1-41001.00040:00
TORL 2-3292.93160:003.5% for the Vezina Trophy
Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.
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A .891 save percentage over 49 games
Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 25+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.
Save % · ten-game blocks
Dashed line: season average (.891). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Three points of save percentage below the league at even strength
49 starts in 2025-26: save percentage split by strength, how often he finished what he started, and the goal support in front of him.
Workload
12.5 goals below expected in 2025-26
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
2026-27. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed.
A .818 save percentage from the slot, 40th of 61 goalies
Every shot on goal he faced, split into the same five zones as our shot maps. The map shows where the goals against came from.
Save % by zone
See all: Save % by zone →Save % and rank among the 61 goalies who faced at least a third of the league-high shot total in 2025-26. Bars start at .750.
Save % by zone, every goalie.900 or better in 26 of 49 starts
How often he gives his team a chance, from the game log.
Against Philadelphia, 2 wins in 2
PHIW 3-2 OT222.90963:19PHIW 2-1231.95760:00
NYIW 3-02301.00060:00
FLAW 5-1231.95760:00
TBLW 6-2302.93360:00
CARW 6-3283.89360:00
MINL 1-4234.82660:00
BUFW 4-1221.95560:00FLAL 3-6165.68814:36
PITOTL 3-4 SO403.92565:00
DETW 3-2352.94360:00TORW 5-2142.85760:00BOSL 1-41001.00040:00TORL 2-3292.93160:00Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
3.5% for the Vezina Trophy
Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.
Snapshot 7 Oct, 10:12 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
$8.25M a season through 2028-29
In 2025-26 he saved −1.52 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 43rd of 59 goalies with 20 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
With Ottawa
Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-268th in franchise wins since 1990-91
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsEleven seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct