DETROIT -- Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzen passed his baseline test Tuesday, practiced again Wednesday and has been cleared to play Thursday against the Calgary Flames at Joe Louis Arena (7:30 p.m., FSD).



Franzen missed the last game and most of the previous game after being elbowed in the head by Dallas defenseman Mark Fistric.



"I've been skating three days and everything's feeling perfectly normal,'' Franzen said.



"It's great for us to have him back, obviously. Better than going one (player) short,'' Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "Obviously, the Mule had been really good until (he) was out.''



Babcock said he'll stick with his regular power-play lines (Datsyuk-Zetterberg-Holmstrom and Franzen-Hudler-Filppula/Bertuzzi) after switching Zetterberg and Franzen for half of Monday's practice.



Here are the lines and defense pairings they practiced with:



Datsyuk-Zetterberg-Holmstrom

Franzen-Filppula-Bertuzzi

Hudler-Modano-Cleary

Miller-Helm-Eaves (Abdelkader)



Lidstrom-Stuart

Kronwall-Janik

Kindl-Salei



Howard (starting)

Osgood



Abdelkader (ribs) said he hasn't been told yet if he's cleared to play. Defenseman Jonathan Ericsson (back) has not been on the ice in 12 days.



