“It’s something that I’ll look back at and bring with me forever.”
The primary message in Linus Ullmark’s postgame presser within the halls of TD Garden was gratitude.
The 31-year-old netminder expressed thanks on Saturday to a raucous Bruins crowd who showered him with cheers and a standing ovation.
Ullmark also offered a stick tap to his longtime goalie partner and friend Jeremy Swayman, who he shared a hug with during pregame warmups.
“It was a lot of fun,” Ullmark said in what stood as his first game back on Causeway Street since an offseason trade to the Sens. “It’s something that I’ll look back at and bring with me forever, so to speak, and just had to enjoy the moment.”
But above all else, Ullmark was grateful to leave the Garden ice with a victory — embracing his new teammates after helping Ottawa deal Boston yet another frustrating defeat on Saturday night.
“It’s a statement game, so to speak,” Ullmark said after Ottawa’s 3-2 win in overtime. “So we just have to learn that this is a sort of game that we want to play every single night. It’s not just sometimes here and there.”
Ullmark’s early returns as the Sens’ new franchise goalie have been mixed. Entering Saturday’s matchup against his former team, Ullmark posted losses in four of his last five starts — sporting an .
