DETROIT -- The status of Detroit Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall will be determined at game time tonight, after he was hit in the mouth with a puck during the morning skate.

Rookie Xavier Ouellet was recalled as a precaution, in case Kronwall can't play, general manager Ken Holland said.

Kronwall is seeing a dentist this afternoon after sustaining some damage to his teeth and stitches in his chin after a puck rolled up his stick and struck him in the face.

, after missing two games with a mild concussion.

Ouellet was reassigned to the Griffins Tuesday,