DETROIT – Detroit Red Wings backup goaltender Jonas Gustavsson, who has been sidelined with a sore groin since playing the third period of the season-opening loss in St. Louis, might finally be making some progress.

Gustavsson said he skated for 50 minutes Saturday morning prior to the Red Wings 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. That was his longest session since getting hurt and he reported no problems.

"We turned it up a notch," said Gustavsson, who has been limited to one appearance this season. "It felt good. Another step in the right direction. We're going to do something similar tomorrow, do some stuff on ice and go from there.

"Last 4-5 days, I'm doing more and more, been on the ice a few times.

It's tough to know exactly when you're going to be back. I felt good, felt it's going in the right direction."

• Forward Joakim Andersson is the latest player to be recalled from the Grand Rapids Griffins because of injuries.

Andersson, the sixth player to be promoted from Grand Rapids, played in his first two NHL games this season over the weekend after being called up when Todd Bertuzzi was sidelined with a sore back Friday.

In Saturday's 2-1 victory over Edmonton, Andersson saw 7:22 of ice time and had three shots on goal in addition to a blocked shot. In the victory over Los Angeles, he played 10:58 and blocked a shot but had three giveaways.

"I thought we had some good shifts, me, (Justin) Abdelkader and (Tomas) Tatar," Andersson said. "I'm pretty happy about it."

Although he's 24, Andersson is already in his seventh pro season. After beginning his career in Europe, Andersson was in his third season with the Griffins when he was recalled to Detroit, where he played five games a year ago.

In 36 games with the Griffins this season, Anderson had 10 goals, 17 assists and 55 penalty minutes.

"They told me I'm close to being here," said the 6-foot-2, 198-pound Andersson. "I'm happy about my season. I had a little break there with a knee injury so I missed 8-9 games. Other than that, I'm having a pretty good year.

"I think I've been coming closer and closer (to the NHL) every year here and last year I got a couple games in. I felt more comfortable than last year."

-- Follow Ansar Khan and Brendan Savage on Twitter

-- Like MLive's Detroit Red Wings Facebook page