OTTAWA — Linus Ullmark played his best game of the season Monday, making 48 saves against the Detroit Red Wings. It was the most saves he had made in a game all year. And that early week feat was eclipsed by an all-world save.

The home crowd saw a 6–3 Senators win and one of the best saves of the NHL season. Linus Ullmark was in goal for the Senators, making his 33rd start of the season. Up 5–3 late in the second period Ullmark found himself on the wrong side of the goal as Boston's Mason Lohrei took a shot at what must have looked like an empty net.

Ottawa Senators goalie Linus Ullmark became a save of the season candidate on Thursday night—and he did it against his former team, the Boston Bruins. The

The Senators goaltender — his team's best player on many nights — was flat on his stomach seconds later following a brutal gaffe that ended with Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews firing into an empty cage.