-- Kris Draper will be back in the lineup tonight in St. Louis, despite having been told earlier this week that he wouldn't play back-to-back nights coming back from a strained knee.
"That was the one thing that mentally I didn't want," said Draper. "I didn't want to play a game and have to sit one out, then wait a couple of days to play. This is good. Get right back into it."
Aaron Downey will be a healthy scratch for the second straight night.
-- Chris Chelios skated this morning, but will get the night off just for rest purposes. Derek Meech will be in the lineup tonight.

Probable line combinations ...
DETROIT
Datsyuk-Zetterberg-Holmstrom
Hudler-Filppula-Samuelsson
Franzen-Draper-Cleary
Ellis-Kopecky-Drake

Lidstrom-Rafalski
Kronwall-Lilja
Meech-Lebda

Osgood (starts)
Hasek

Chelios (healthy scratch)
Downey (healthy scratch)

ST. LOUIS
Kariya-McDonald-Boyes
Rucinsky-Tkachuk-Mayers
Stempniak-McClement-Backes
Perron-R. Johnson-Hinote

Salvador-Brewer
McKee-Jackman
Backman-E. Johnson

Legace (starts)
Toivonen