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WINNIPEG — The Ottawa Senators won’t get much help from the walking wounded.

The Senators had a day off to lick their wounds after a 5-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night, but if they’re holding out hope they’re going to get help against the Winnipeg Jets here Saturday night at the MTS Centre, there are no guarantees that’s going to happen.

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There was no update on the injury front with the club on an off-day, but the indications are both Erik Karlsson (leg) and Zack Smith (upper body) returned to Ottawa on Friday to get checked out by the club’s doctors and neither will be in the lineup.

A post on Twitter said they were on a commercial flight to Ottawa and coach Guy Boucher is expected to confirm that Saturday morning. Karlsson isn’t expected to be out long while there’s no timetable for Smith, either.

His spot on the roster could be taken by winger Alex Burrows — who missed Thursday’s game with an undisclosed upper body ailment — while there is no timetable on the return of defenceman Marc Methot, who has been out with a lacerated finger he suffered on a slash from Sidney Crosby.