Sogaard will become just the 17th NHL player to hail from Denmark and just the second goaltender after Frederik Andersen.
"This is what I've worked for my entire life," Sogaard said.
The towering Sens netminder - he stands 6'7" - will join Mikkel Boedker and Peter Regin as the only Danes to play for Ottawa.
But his play in Belleville has warranted a taste of the NHL. The 21-year-old has gone 16-13-1 with a 2.87 GAA and a .906 save percentage in the AHL this season. In 2020-21, he went a perfect 7-0-0 after he returned from Denmark and overall, has won 23 of his 38 AHL appearances.
"I got called up for a reason for my play and I think it's about continuing on that path and trying to do the same thing," Sogaard said.
He practiced with the team Monday in Ottawa as well as Thursday in Detroit and served as the team's backup Tuesday in Nashville.
Importantly, he also played a period of preseason Sept. 30. Against the Maple Leafs, the 37th overall pick in 2019 played the third period and stopped six of the seven shots he faced.
"Having that experience and playing in an NHL preseason game gave me a lot going down to Belleville and made me want to be here even more after getting a little taste of it," he said.
Sogaard will tie former Sens netminder Ben Bishop as the tallest goaltender in NHL history tonight. But he believes when he was able to take advantage of his size was when his career really began to take off.
"I think when I started using my size to my advantage that's when I started to play well," he said.
When he is "tracking the puck, staying within my posts and playing simple and big," is when he believes he is playing his best hockey.
"You can't replace size in net and it will take time," Sens head coach D.J. Smith added. "There's a process to him getting here but he certainly looks like a guy that if he continues on the trajectory he's on, and the way he's played in Belleville, there will be a day where he's a regular in the NHL."
Day one of that journey starts this evening in Detroit. His work with Justin Peters, Belleville's goalie coach, has paid dividends early on and now the Danish goaltender is looking to build on that as he gets to step between NHL goalposts for the first time.
"You never know how many games you're going to get here so I'm trying to take it all in."
