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Kyle Turris was nowhere to be seen at practice Wednesday as the Ottawa Senators took the ice at the Canadian Tire Centre.

Don’t expect to see him in the lineup Thursday night, either.

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As the Senators prepare to close out this five-game homestand with a game against the Philadelphia Flyers, coach Guy Boucher is going to have a difficult time constructing his line combinations because Turris, the club’s top centre, will be sidelined by a flu that’s running through the room.

“Turris pulled through after warmup, but he’s not good,” Boucher told reporters. “There’s a flu going around with our boys. He had it really bad so he probably won’t be in.”

Already without injured forwards Bobby Ryan and Zack Smith, the Senators also sent centre Logan Brown back to the Ontario Hockey League’s Windsor Spitfires on Wednesday which means Boucher is going to have to piece together a lineup against the Flyers.