DETROIT -- Detroit Red Wings forward Patrick Eaves is having his jaw checked this afternoon after being hit with a puck that deflected off his stick during practice.

"Eaves is going to get checked out, he got a shot in the jaw, it went off his stick into his jaw, so we'll see what happens with him,'' coach Mike Babcock said.

Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk (flu) left practice early but are fine and expected to play Wednesday against the Minnesota Wild at Joe Louis Arena (7:30 p.m., NBC Sports Network exclusive).

Eaves suffered a broken jaw and concussion when hit by a shot from Nashville's Roman Josi on Nov. 26, 2011, If he can't play, the Red Wings will need to recall a player from the Grand Rapids Griffins, because they have no healthy extra forwards.

Quincey sees eye doctor

Defenseman Kyle Quincey had large, dark glasses on Tuesday, after seeing the eye doctor. He suffered multiple fractures of his cheek bone last Friday.

"It’s so early right now, I really don’t know what’s going on, but it’s not good,'' Quincey said. "I’ll have more information as the week goes along and as the swelling goes down.''

Quincey is expected to miss four-to-six weeks after the puck rode up his stick and hit him in the face after a shot from Jordan Eberle.

"You have to go stick on puck to make sure the puck doesn’t get to the net and just bad luck,'' Quincey said. "it came up and hit me right where I don’t have protection.''

Samuelsson at least a week away

Right wing Mikael Samuelsson (broken left index finger) continues skating by himself before or after practice. He stick-handled for the first time today since getting injured on Feb.19 on a shot by teammate Ian White during the morning skate. But he still can't shoot.

He will accompany the team on its four-game road trip that starts Friday in Anaheim.

"It feels better, but I’m not quite there yet. Maybe a week,'' Samuelsson said. "It’s a bad finger, top hand and the index finger. To have a splint or something, I’ve tried that, but it’s the stick on your (top) hand as well so you want to have it (OK).''

Here are the lines they skated with today:

Justin Abdelkader-Pavel Datsyuk-Johan Franzen

Valtteri Filppula-Henrik Zetterberg-Damien Brunner

Daniel Cleary-Joakim Andersson-Patrick Eaves

Drew Miller-Cory Emmerton-Jordin Tootoo

Niklas Kronwall-Jonathan Ericsson

Brian Lashoff-Brendan Smith

Jakub Kindl-Ian White

Kent Huskins

Jimmy Howard (starting Wednesday)

Jonas Gustavsson

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