NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Detroit Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk will misbos tonight's game against the Nashville Predators (8 p.m., FSD) and continues to be listed as day-to-day with the lower-body injury he suffered in Thursday's game.



Coach Mike Babcock said forward Johan Franzen will be a game-time decision after getting 'bumped'' the last game. If Franzen can't play, the Red Wings will have one player less than a full complement and will go with 11 forwards and six defensemen.



Forward Jiri Hudler remains out with the flu and defenseman Ruslan Salei won't rejoin the team until Monday's game against Pittsburgh, after spending time with his wife, who delivered their third child on Wednesday.



Here are the lines they skated with this morning:



Cleary-Zetterberg-Bertuzzi

Filppula-Holmstrom

Miller-Modano-Abdelkader

Draper-Helm-Eaves



Lidstrom-Stuart

Kronwall-Ericsson

Kindl-Rafalski



Howard (starting)

MacDonald



Here is the anticipated lineup for Nashville:



Martin Erat-David Legwand-Patric Hornqvist

Colin Wilson-Mike Fisher-Sergei Kostitsyn

Jerred Smithson-Nick Spaling-Jordin Tootoo

Matt Halischuk-Blake Geoffrion-J.P. Dumont



Ryan Suter-Shea Weber

Shane O'Brien-Cody Franson

Jonathon Blum-Kevin Klein



Pekka Rinne

Anders Lindback



Nashville has won three in a row against the Red Wings and leads the season series 3-1. The Predators are among several teams battling for the final few playoff spots in the Western Conference.



"They're engaged, their life's on the line; if we're not engaged it's going to be a hard game to win,'' Babcock said. "The last two times we played Nashville we weren't even engaged in the game.''



The 6-foot-5 Rinne shut out the Red Wings 3-0 at Nashville on Feb. 5 and was in net for the Predators' 4-1 win at Joe Louis Arena four nights later.



"He's played well against us,'' Babcock said. "For us to have success we got to have second chances. So that means we got to be on the inside and go get him.''



The Red Wings are 1 for 17 on the power play this season vs. Nashville (5.9 percent).



