Flyers' Sean Couturier (upper body) to miss at least 2 games

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Philadelphia Flyers captain Sean Couturier will not travel with the team for at least the first two contests of its four-game road trip due to an upper-body injury.

Couturier, who was listed as day-to-day, will sit out against the Buffalo Sabres on Friday and Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.

The Flyers (36-29-11, 83 points) have dropped five in a row and are clinging to a