The Ottawa Senators recalled goaltender Mads Sogaard and forward Matthew Highmore from the AHL’s Belleville Senators, the team announced Friday ahead of their game against the New York Islanders.
Highmore, 27, has played in three games for Ottawa this season, recording a single assist. His last appearance was on Nov. 16 against the Detroit Red Wings.
In nine AHL games this season, Highmore has seven points (two goals and five assists).
Sogaard, 22, has yet to make an NHL appearance this season. The netminder has a 3.30 goals-against average and .889 save percentage over 21 career NHL games.
Across eight appearances this season with Belleville, Sogaard has a 4-3-0 record, 2.35 goals-against average and .923 save percentage.
The call-up comes after Joonas Korpisalo missed the Senators’ game against the Minnesota Wild in Sweden due to an undisclosed injury. According to Postmedia’s Bruce Garrioch, the goaltender also left Thursday’s practice early.
Head coach D.J. Smith said Friday that Korpisalo is day to day and not feeling good enough to serve as backup against the Islanders. Anton Forsberg will get the start in net with Sogaard as the backup.
Korpisalo, 29, has a .906 save percentage and 3.17 goals-against average over 11 games this season.