Forward Gustav Nyquist returns to the lineup for the Detroit Red Wings after serving a six-game suspension. "He's going to get good minutes, his job while he's been out is to make sure he's ready to jump back in and go at a high game speed," coach Jeff Blashill said. "I know he's worked hard and we can't afford him to ease his way in. He's going to have to come in, in the minutes that he's going to play, and be an impact player." Nyquist has seven goals and 22 assists in 56 games this season. "I've been pretty lucky with injuries and stuff, so I haven't gone through this before where you miss a few games," Nyquist said. "We'll see, hopefully, I'll find my legs quick and get into it as soon as possible." Detroit, which plays the third game of a five-game road trip, is eighth in the Atlantic Division, 10 points behind the New York Islanders for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference. "For us, the last few years we've been battling to get in," defenseman Niklas Kronwall said. "We're a few points behind now, but for us, we still keep believing. We have to keep grinding away and find ways to get points. One game at a time, that's all we can do right now." Detroit is 3-1-1 in its past five games.
