Unless something changes, it looks like Dan Cleary scratched will be back in the lineup tonight against Columbus, his first appearance since Nov. 8.

UPDATE: Cleary confirmed after practice that he's in the lineup.
"(I'll) just play a normal game," said Cleary, who skated with Chris Chelios on Thanksgiving. "I'm not out there to dangle and try to beat everybody. It's a simple game. ... It feels like a lot longer than two and a half weeks."

Also, Darren McCarty is back in Detroit, leading the stretches as I write this, with Darren Helm being shipped back to Grand Rapids after a one-game call-up.

Here are the lines they're working out of ...

Kopecky-Datsyuk-Hossa
Franzen-Zetterberg-Samuelsson
Hudler-Filppula-Cleary
Maltby-Draper-McCarty

Lidstrom-Rafalski
Kronwall-Stuart
Lebda-Lilja
Meech (scratch)

Osgood (starts)
Conklin

Chris Chelios (broken leg) is taking part in all drills.