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Devils captain Bryce Salvador will not play tonight.

(Photo by Jim O'Connor/USA Today)

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Devils captain Bryce Salvador did not make the trip with the team because of an upper body injury and will not play in tonight's game at PNC Arena against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Salvador was one of only two Devils defensemen (Mark Fayne was the other) to appear in all 82 games last season.

It is not known whether Salvador will be able to play in tomorrow night's home game against the Winnipeg Jets.

Devils coach Pete DeBoer said yesterday several players had some bumps and bruises after the shootout win over the Buffalo Sabres but he did not reveal Salvador's problem. The Devils have an extra defenseman with Adam Larsson, who did not play Thursday night.

Salvador, 37, has one assist and is minus-5 in 24 games this season.

Johan Hedberg will start in goal tonight against Carolina's Dan Ellis.

With Salvador and Henrik Tallinder (lower body) not on the trip, these were the Devils' defense pairings this morning:

Andy Greene- Mark Fayne

Anton Volchenkov- Adam Larsson

Marek Zidlicky- Peter Harrold

Lines:

Alexei Ponikarovsky-Andrei Loktionov- Ilya Kovalchuk

Patrik Elias-Adam Henrique- David Clarkson

Stefan Matteau- Travis Zajac- SteveBernier

Ryan Carter-Stephen Gionta- Tom Kostopoulos

Rich Chere: rchere@starledger.com; twitter.com/Ledger_NJDevils