Senators Recall Jackson Parsons

This morning the Ottawa Senators shared that goaltender Jackson Parsons has been recalled from AHL Belleville.

No corresponding transaction was made, however, the move indicates that Ottawa is taking their time to ease Linus Ullmark back from his lower-body injury. Activated two days ago, the #1 netminder hasn’t played since October 21. Prior to going down Ullmark was one of the best success stories of the early season, coming out of the gates with a shiny 7-1-0 record and .945 SV%, to go with a 1.33 GAA, marks which have held up as best in the league. It has been great to see the 33-year-old perform at the Vezina level expected when the Senators brought him in, especially considering what he went through last season.

While Ullmark has been away the Sens have continued their winning ways, riding the recent hot streak from Samuel Ersson. The off-season acquisition has won each of his last three starts, surrendering just four goals on 81 shots in that timeframe. Any time your backup is playing that well there’s no reason to rush back a star who has dealt with his share of health issues.

Although Ersson has gotten the start against the Capitals tonight, it’ll be a night to remember for Parsons in his first call-up. The local product is a native of Ottawa and impressively has quickly worked his way to an NHL roster as a 21-year-old formerly undrafted free agent out of the OHL. Parsons quickly acclimated to the professional game and showed he was a level up in the ECHL, sporting a .923 SV% for the Allen Americans last year. He was one of four goalies who received at least 14 games of action for the 2025-26 Belleville Senators in the AHL (with 14 of them himself), fighting for time with four other names who have NHL experience; most notably Leevi Merilainen, Mads Søgaard, and James Reimer. His modest .893 SV% last season has quickly jumped to a .916% in his eight AHL games so far this fall, prompting the call-up while #3 option Jonas Johansson returns to Belleville to settle in.

After tonight the Sens are back in action in two days as they’ll host the Avalanche. That upcoming schedule doesn’t bode well for Parsons to make his NHL debut just yet. It would be enough time for Ersson to get another start, or Ullmark to finally return. Even assuming Parsons is just up for backup duty tonight and headed back down to Belleville shortly, the Embrun native won’t ever forget his first time suiting up on home ice at the Canadian Tire Centre.