DETROIT -- Detroit Red Wings forward

worked out and practiced Tuesday and said he feels good and is ready to play Wednesday in Atlanta (7 p.m., FSD Plus) after getting shaken up late in the second period of Sunday's game.

Cleary was checked into the glass by Calgary defenseman Mark Giordano. He banged his head against the glass and hurt his shoulder. He said he had a "weird'' feeling that lasted for a couple seconds. Doctors kept him out of the game as a precaution.

"My whole body kind of went numb for a few seconds. I had to regroup myself,'' Cleary said. “Weird. I never felt like that before. I’ve been hit hard, been knocked out before, but nothing like that.

"I feel pretty good (today), other than a headache.''

Center

(shoulder) also practiced and is fine.

Red Wings coach

said he hadn't decided who would sit out, whether he would stick with his rotation of scratching

or

or scratch somebody else.

“It’s difficult when you got good guys who are playing real hard and are playing real well that are sitting, because no one wants to sit,'' Babcock said. "So we’ll look at that again. We’ve had a two-man rotation with Miller and Eaves. They’ve both played excellent.’’

Here are the lines they practiced with, but Babcock said he put these together thinking Cleary might not play and that he might not use these in the game:

Datsyuk-Zetterberg-Holmstrom

Franzen-Filppula-Bertuzzi (Draper working in)

Abdelkader-Modano-Cleary (Hudler working in)

Miller-Helm-Eaves

Lidstrom-Stuart

Ericsson-Rafalski

Kronwall-Salei

Kindl (likely scratch)

Howard (starting)

MacDonald

Chris Osgood, out since Nov. 1 with a strained groin, practiced for 35 minutes with goaltending coach Jim Bedard and said likely will join the team for practice Friday or Saturday. He said he might be able to dress as the back-up Sunday at home against Columbus.

“Felt really good, better than I did last week,’’ Osgood said. “I don’t foresee any setbacks.’’

Fun time in practice

Players wrapped up practice with one-on-one drills running the width of the ice with the nets placed near the half-walls.

Cleary apparently drew the short straw and had to go against Pavel Datsyuk.

“It’s great. I love going against Pav. It tests every ability you got,” Cleary said. “It’s fun for guys who have the puck all the time. It’s no fun if you’re constantly trying to get it back.”

Babcock said it’s good to practice protecting the puck.

“(The drill) has a bunch of skills that are important to the game, and guys have a good laugh with it and compete hard and get their exercise,” Babcock said.