He's not playing tonight, but it's a good sign that Darren Helm is on the ice this morning and taking part in non-contact drills. Helm has been sidelined since training camp with a strained joint at the collar bone/shoulder.

Here are the lines from the morning skate ...

Holmstrom-Datsyuk-Franzen
Bertuzzi-Zetterberg-Cleary
Leino-Filppula-Williams
Eaves-Draper-Maltby
May
Helm

Lidstrom-Rafalski
Kronwall-Stuart
Ericsson-Meech
Lebda

Osgood (starting)
Howard