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Gustav Nyquist will provide an offensive boost for the Red Wings with his speed and scoring ability.

(The Associated Press)

DETROIT -- Gustav Nyquist is here to stay.

Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland said today that Nyquist, the skilled forward who scored two goals Thursday in his season debut with the club, will be in the lineup Saturday against the Ottawa Senators at Joe Louis Arena (7 p.m., Fox Sports Detroit) and remain with the club.

By playing one more NHL game Nyquist loses his waiver exemption, forcing the club to keep him on the roster or risk losing him on waivers if they attempted to send him back to the Grand Rapids Griffins.

Holland said the club doesn't need to make any immediate moves to accommodate Nyquist or the eventual return of forwards Daniel Alfredsson and Stephen Weiss, both out with groin injuries.

They'll need to make a move to create salary-cap space when defenseman Danny DeKeyser comes off long-term injured reserve in 4-6 weeks, unless there is another significant injury before then.

Coach Mike Babcock said he plans on going with the same lineup Saturday, with one exception: Jimmy Howard, who had the flu, will start in goal. Defenseman Brian Lashoff, who left after one period Thursday because of the flu, practiced today and will play Saturday.

Alfredsson and Weiss will not play Saturday. Holland said the club hopes they'll be ready for Wednesday's game against Boston.

Here are the lines and defense pairs they skated with today and anticipate using Saturday:

Daniel Cleary-Pavel Datsyuk-Todd Bertuzzi

Johan Franzen-Henrik Zetterberg-Gustav Nyquist

Tomas Tatar-Darren Helm-Justin Abdelkader

Drew Miller-Joakim Andersson-Mikael Samuelsson

Injured: Daniel Alfredsson, Stephen Weiss

Jonathan Ericsson-Niklas Kronwall

Kyle Quincey-Brendan Smith

Brian Lashoff-Jakub Kindl

Jimmy Howard (starting)

Jonas Gustavsson