“We’ll see tomorrow. I want to play, but I can’t play tonight,” Datsyuk said today after the morning skate. “I shoot OK but not (hard) enough. Shoot for tomorrow, but you never know.”
Datsyuk who’s missed 17 games because of a broken right hand has been cleared to play. However he still doesn’t feel comfortable and doesn’t want to risk a re-aggravated injury.
“I don’t want to come back and again go on vacation,” Datsyuk said. “I need to make sure if I (return) I finish the season.”
Here are tonight’s anticipated lineups according to Khan…
Franzen-Zetterberg-Bertuzzi
Hudler-Filppula-Cleary
Draper-Helm-Eaves
Miller-Abdelkader-Mursak
Lidstrom-Kronwall
Ericsson-Rafalski
Kindl-Salei
Howard (starting)
MacDonald
Coach Mike Babcock said Joey MacDonald will start Saturday in Nashville.
Here are the Blue Jackets’ anticipated lines and defense pairings:
Rick Nash-Derick Brassard-Jakub Voracek
R.J. Umberger-Antoine Vermette-Kristian Huselius
Chris Clark-Samuel Pahlsson-Derek Dorsett
Derek MacKenzie-Matt Calvert-Jared Boll
Kris Russell-Grant Clitsome
Anton Stralman-Jan Hejda
Marc Methot-Fedor Tyutin
Steve Mason
Mathieu Garon
Source: Mlive.com
