Senators' Alex Burrows: No-go Thursday

Burrows will be excluded from Thursday's lineup against the Wild as he tends to an upper-body injury, TSN reports.

Analysis:

Fortunately for the Senators, Viktor Stalberg is ready to return from an upper-body ailment of his own. Burrows has gone without a point in his last five games, hitting a wall after starting hot offensively -- including three multi-point outings over six games -- following his trade from the Canucks at the deadline. When healthy, Burrows is a decent contributor, but there's not one particular area in which he truly shines.