DETROIT -- Probable lineups for Wednesday night's Central Division battle between the St. Louis Blues and Detroit Red Wings from Joe Louis Arena [7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN].
BLUES
David Perron - David Backes - T.J. Oshie
Andy McDonald - Alex Steen - Vladimir Tarasenko
Jaden Schwartz - Patrik Berglund - Chris Stewart
Vladimir Sobotka - Scott Nichol - Ryan Reaves
Barret Jackman - Kevin Shattenkirk
Scratches: Matt D'Agostini, Wade Redden
Injuries: Jaroslav Halak (groin strain), Jamie Langenbrunner (hip)
RED WINGS
Valtteri Filppula - Henrik Zetterberg - Damien Brunner
Joakim Andersson - Pavel Datsyuk - Daniel Cleary
Patrick Eaves - Justin Abdelkader - Tomas Tatar
Drew Miller - Cory Emmerton - Jordin Tootoo
Niklas Kronwall - Brian Lashoff
Scratches: Kent Huskins, Jan Mursak
Injuries: Johan Franzen (hip flexor), Todd Bertuzzi (back), Darren Helm (back), Mikael Samuelsson (groin), Carlo Colaiacovo (shoulder), Brendan Smith (shoulder), Jonas Gustavsson (groin)
Note: Franzen was a late scratch from the Wings lineup and was replaced by Eaves, who has been out the previous four games.
"It's day-to-day and has progressively gotten worse,'' Detroit general manager Ken Holland told MLive.com regarding Franzen's status. "We're going to give him a day off and see how he feels tomorrow."