Bruins get Ullmark back after 4-game injury absence

Goalie Linus Ullmark will start for the Boston Bruins against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night after missing the last four games due to injury, head coach Jim Montgomery confirmed.

Ullmark is 13-5-2 with a .915 save percentage in 21 contests this season. He suffered the injury in an overtime loss to the Arizona Coyotes on Jan. 9. Jeremy Swayman entered the game in relief and allowed a goal on the first shot he faced in the extra frame.

Ullmark posted a .938 save percentage en route to winning the Vezina Trophy in 2022-23.

The Bruins are also getting defensemen Brandon Carlo and Derek Forbort and forward Matt Poitras back in the lineup Saturday.

Swayman was excellent in the four games Ullmark missed. The Alaskan netminder went 3-0-1 with a .937 save percentage, allowing only seven goals on 111 shots.