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Hurricanes' Skinner instructed to be cautious

Saturday, 04.20.2013 / 1:30 PM

By Kurt Dusterberg - NHL.com Correspondent / 2012-2013 At the Rink blog

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Hurricanes' Skinner instructed to be cautious

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Forward Jeff Skinner will return to the Carolina Hurricanes lineup when they play the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.

Skinner sat out Thursday night's game against the Winnipeg Jets. He was on the receiving end of an open-ice hit from the Ottawa Senators' Jared Cowen on Tuesday night. Skinner did not return during the game and was returned here for observation.

Upon returning home, team doctors determined he did not suffer a concussion.

"I respect the decision the doctor made," Skinner said. "I agree you have to be safe and cautious."

The Hurricanes have reminded the 20-year-old forward to be aware of vulnerable places on the ice, particularly in light of his knack for drawing contact.

"Maybe I shouldn't have been cutting across [the neutral zone] there," Skinner said. "I saw the guy, but I didn't think he would step up there, but he did. I don't think there's a point in dwelling on it. It's done, so you move forward."

Here are the likely lineups for Saturday's game:

FLYERS

Danny Briere - Brayden Schenn – Scott Hartnell

Jakub Voracek - Simon Gagne – Claude Giroux

Matt Read - Sean Couturier – Wayne Simmonds

Mike Knuble – Adam Hall – Ruslan Fedotenko

Luke Schenn – Oliver Lauridsen

Erik Gustafsson – Kimmo Timonen

Kurtis Foster – Brandon Manning

Steve Mason

Ilya Bryzgalov

Injured: Andrej Meszaros, Braydon Coburn, Max Talbot, Nicklas Grossmann, Zac Rinaldo, Bruno Gervais, Kent Huskins, Jody Shelley.

HURRICANES

Jiri Tlusty – Eric Staal – Alex Semin

Tuomo Ruutu – Jordan Staal - Jeff Skinner

Chad LaRose – Riley Nash – Patrick Dwyer

Nicolas Blanchard - Tim Wallace – Kevin Westgarth

Tim Gleason – Justin Faulk

Jay Harrison – Joe Corvo

Bobby Sanguinetti – Jamie McBain

Justin Peters

Dan Ellis

Injured: Cam Ward, Drayson Bowman, Tim Brent, Jeff Skinner, Joni Pitkanen

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