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Anthony Mantha shares the prospects tournament lead with four goals but won't play tonight.

(Brendan Savage | MLive.com)

TRAVERSE CITY – Forward Anthony Mantha won't play for the Detroit Red Wings tonight in the prospects tournament finale against the Carolina Hurricanes because of a sore knee.

General manager Ken Holland said Mantha was "banged up" in Monday's 5-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild but that the Red Wings hope he'll be able to skate when the team opens training camp Friday at Centre ICE Arena.

Mantha did not take part in today's morning skate before the game against Carolina, which is for third place.

Holland said Mantha's knee is tender from hitting a rut in the ice Monday so the Red Wings are keeping him out of tonight's game as precaution. Mantha said "it's nothing" when asked about his knee.

Mantha, the Red Wings No. 1 prospect, scored a third-period goal against Minnesota, giving him four in three games. That shares the tournament lead with Carolina's Viktor Rask and St. Louis' Robby Fabbri. His five points are tied for second with seven other players.

With Mantha out, the Red Wings lines will be as follows: Martin Frk, Tomas Nosek and Marek Tvrdon; Tyler Bertuzzi, Andreas Athanasiou and Colin Campbell; Darby Llewellen, Zach Nastasiuk and Jerome Verrier; and Blake Clarke, Dominic Turgeon and Hayden Hodgson.

Mantha, by way, is celebrating his 20th birthday today.

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