Dallas Drake didn't practice this morning and is a maybe for Tuesday's home game against Atlanta. Drake hurt his knee on the same play during which Dany Heatley injured his shoulder, Saturday, with both players ramming hard into the end boards.
With Drake unavailable, the practice lines were ...
Filppula-Datsyuk-Holmstrom
Hudler-Zetterberg-Cleary
Draper-Franzen-Samuelsson
Downey/Ellis-Kopecky-Maltby
Aaron Downey was hurt during practice, going down during a drill with Kirk Maltby falling on his knee, hyperextending it. Downey was helped off the ice, but returned to finish the practice. He said that at first he thought it was significant, but the injury turned out to be slight. Downey will be available for Tuesday's game.
The Red Wings spent significant time working on their power play, Monday, a special-teams unit that has been floundering of late.