DETROIT -- Detroit Red Wings forward Patrick Eaves will have surgery on Monday to repair his fractured jaw and is expected to be out for six-to-eight weeks, general manager Ken Holland said on Sunday.

"I talked to him, I don't think he ever lost consciousness,'' Holland said. "They did a CAT scan. Everything else is OK.

"Once they get in for the surgery, they'll decide exactly what they need to do.''

from Nashville rookie Roman Josi with 2:14 remaining in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Predators at Joe Louis Arena. He was taken off the ice on a stretcher and taken to the Detroit Medical Center, where he remained on Sunday.

"When you get a direct blow to the head and there's no helmet to soften the blow it's not surprising he's got a broken jaw,'' Holland said. "That's significant enough, but the good news is there are no injuries beyond the broken jaw.''

The Red Wings have 12 healthy forwards after assigning Fabian Brunnstrom to the Grand Rapids Griffins on Sunday. His wife is expecting their first child any day now.

"We wanted him to play in Grand Rapids and practice with the Red Wings,'' Holland said. "I'll talk to (coach) Mike Babcock and see if we want to call him up for Wednesday (vs. Tampa Bay at Joe Louis Arena) or go with (Cory) Emmerton (a healthy scratch on Saturday).

"I'm not going to call up anybody from Grand Rapids just to have as an extra forward.''

Holland said right wing Jan Mursak, who suffered a broken ankle on Sept. 25, has starting skating a little bit on his own and will ramp it up this week. He's on schedule to return either shortly before or after Christmas.

of the play in which Eaves was injured.