Backes, who was forced out of Thursday's win over the Sabres with an upper-body injury, was not present for practice Friday.

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Per CSN New England, the veteran power forward is day-to-day as Saturday's re-match against Buffalo approaches. With Backes not in the ice Friday Frank Vatrano skated on the Bruins' second line at practice, along with Ryan Spooner and David Krejci.