Linus Ullmark will not travel with the Senators on their upcoming five-game road trip due to a lingering back injury.
The goaltender, who is 8-0-1 in his past 10 starts, played the first period in a 3-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday before leaving with the injury.
"No update," coach Travis Green said following practice on Friday. "Like I said, he tweaked his back. Still not good enough to skate."
Goalies Leevi Merilainen and Mads Sogaard were each recalled from Belleville of the American Hockey League on Friday. Anton Forsberg, a goalie who sustained an undisclosed injury warming up to start against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Dec. 14, will travel when the Senators visit the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday (7 p.m. ET; CITY, SNW, SN360, TVAS).
"Our mindset is not going to change with who's in goal," Green said. "We don't all of a sudden say, 'Linus is in net; let's play run and gun hockey,' or 'He's not in net; let's play real defensive hockey.' We want to play a good 200-foot game no matter who's playing goal for us."
Defenseman Artem Zub (fractured foot) and forward David Perron (upper body) each skated for the first time since they were injured on Nov. 23. Neither is expected back imminently. Forward Michael Amadio, who left a 5-4 overtime win against the Vancouver Canucks on Dec. 21 after taking a hit to the head from Vincent Desharnais, will "be out for probably a little bit more," Green said.
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