DETROIT -- Detroit Red Wings forward Tomas Holmstrom skated by himself before practice this morning, just doing some laps, not doing any stick-handling or shooting as he waits for his broken right hand to heal.

Holmstrom didn't rule out the possibility of playing in the first game following the all-star break, a week from today in Ottawa, but chances are he won't return until a few days after that.

“Who knows, maybe I can (play Feb. 2). It's just how I can handle the pain,'' Holmstrom said. “Hoping a week can make it good. Hold onto the stick and manage the pain. It takes three weeks to heal the bone. So hopefully around that time.''

He was injured Jan. 14 against Columbus.

“Maybe I can just cut the stick up and hold it with two fingers because I got such good hands, it's not going to bother me,'' he said.

Here is the Red Wings' lineup for tonight's game against New Jersey (7:30, FSD):

Franzen-Zetterberg-Eaves

Hudler-Filppula-Bertuzzi

Draper-Helm-Miller

Emmerton-Abdelkader-Mursak

Lidstrom-Kronwall

Ericsson-Rafalski

Kindl-Salei

Howard (starting)

MacDonald

Here is the Devils' anticipated lineup:

Ilya Kovalchuk-Travis Zajac-Mattias Tedenby

Brian Rolston-Patrik Elias-Dainius Zubrus

Alexander Vasyunov-Jason Arnott-Adam Mair.

Rod Pelley-Tim Sestito-David Clarkson.

Andy Greene-Anssi Salmela

Henrik Tallinder-Mark Fayne

Mark Fraser-Anton Volchenkov

Martin Brodeur (starting)

Johan Hedberg