The Ottawa Senators will close out their Tuesday contest against the New York Rangers without center Josh Norris, who left late in the first period due to precautionary reasons, reports the Ottawa Sun’s Bruce Garrioch.

The Ottawa Senators are going to be without one of their top scoring threats for the next few games. On Wednesday, head coach Travis Green revealed that forward Josh Norris will be out for the upcoming weekend’s slate of games due to an upper-body injury.

The Senators second line centre will miss at least the next three games with what the club describes as an upper-body injury.

Help is on the way for the Ottawa Senators. Veteran winger David Perron, who has only suited up for nine games this season, is expected to suit up for the first time since Nov. 23 when the Senators face the Boston Bruins on Thursday night at TD Garden.

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The Ottawa Senators will be without one of their top centremen for the remainder of the game against the New York Rangers.

Ottawa Senators center Josh Norris (upper body) will miss the rest of the week. He was hurt on Tuesday against the Rangers, and Senators head coach Travis Green has ruled Norris out for the weekend. Ottawa faces Toronto on Saturday and Utah on Sunday.

Norris (upper body) is skating in a non-contact jersey at practice Saturday, per TSN 1200 Ottawa. While Norris has been ruled out of Ottawa's pair of weekend games, he has returned to the ice after suffering an injury Tuesday versus the Rangers.

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Tonight, 7 p.m., Canadian Tire Centre TV: CBC, Sportsnet Radio: TSN 1200 ODDS : Ottawa -280 Toronto +220 ALL HANDS ON DECK? That will hardly be the case for the Senators. Defenceman Jake Sanderson was a late scratch for Thursday’s 2-0 loss to the Boston Bruins,

Claude Giroux scored the game-winner and broke a long personal scoring drought as the Senators defeated the Utah Hockey Club 3-1.

SENATORS 3, UTAH 1 It wasn’t pretty, but the two points looked that way to the Ottawa Senators. Coming off a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Battle of Ontario on Saturday, Ottawa closed out the weekend with its second straight win by knocking off the Utah Hockey Club 3-1 in front of 16,