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The Canadiens practised Wednesday morning in Brossard, but No. 1 defenceman Shea Weber and No. 1 centre Jonathan Drouin both weren’t there.

Weber, who scored two goals and logged 22:32 of ice time in Tuesday night’s 4-3 loss to the St. Louis Blues at the Bell Centre, took a therapy day Wednesday, while Drouin is now battling a virus after missing the last three games with a lower-body injury.

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The Canadiens, who saw their five-game winning streak come to an end Tuesday night, are back in action Thursday when the Calgary Flames visit the Bell Centre (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN Radio 690). The Flames (14-12-2) lost 2-1 to the Maple Leafs in a shootout Wednesday night before heading to Montreal.

Canadiens coach Claude Julien said after practice Wednesday that Drouin’s lower-body injury had probably healed enough for him to play Thursday night, but now the virus could sideline him.

“Our goal was probably at the possibility of tomorrow … now that’s a question mark right now because of him being sick,” the coach said. “We still have to see how all that comes around in the next day.”