Mikael Samuelsson will not play in tonight's game in St. Louis. He returned home to be with his wife, Sandra, and newborn daughter, Stina, who arrived shortly after midnight early Tuesday morning.
Matt Ellis will be in the lineup tonight, centering the fourth line with Tomas Kopecky and Dallas Drake on the wings. Jiri Hudler moves up to the second line to play with Valtteri Filppula and Johan Franzen.

Here are the probable lines for tonight ...
Detroit
Datsyuk-Zetterberg-Holmstrom
Hudler-Filppula-Franzen
Cleary-Draper-Maltby
Drake-Ellie-Kopecky

Lidstrom-Rafalski
Kronwall-Lilja
Lebda-Chelios

Hasek (starts)
Osgood

Meech (healthy scratch)
Downey (healthy scratch)

St. Louis
Kariya-Tkachuk-Boyes
Rucinsky-Weight-Perron
Stempniak-McClement-Mayers
King-R.Johnson-Hinote

Salvador-Brewer
Wagner-McKee
Jackman-E.Johnson

Legace (starts)
Toivonen