DETROIT -- Detroit Red Wings forward Patrick Eaves will sit out his second game in a row tonight against San Jose due to an elbow injury.



Coach Mike Babcock said he was planning on using the same lineup for Game 3 that he did in Game 2, "at this point.''



So Jason Williams is in for Eaves again.



"Patrick Eaves for us is a forechecking, banging, penalty-killer. Thats' where the adjustment is,'' Babcock said. "When you take 10 penalties in a game you can use a penalty-killer. Our plan tonight is to not take any penalties, so we don't have to worry about it as much.''



Defenseman Brian Rafalski (back) didn't skate, but that's been common the last two weeks. He will play tonight.



The Red Wings skated with the same line combinations they used the last game:



Franzen-Datsyuk-Holmstrom

Filppula-Zetterberg-Bertuzzi (fixed)

Draper-Helm-Cleary

Miller-Abdelkader-Williams



The defense pairs are expected to be the same:



Lidstrom-Rafalski

Kronwall-Stuart

Ericsson-Lilja



Tonight's referees are Marc Joanette and Dan O'Rourke.





