Jakub Kindl 12-23-14

Red Wings defenseman Jakub Kindl was injured in practice Sunday and isn't sure how long he'll be out.

(The Associated Press)

BOSTON - Detroit Red Wings defenseman Jakub Kindl will miss tonight's game against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden due to a sprained elbow.

Kindl said he doesn't know how long he'll be out.

"It's hard to tell," he said. "At this point I can't even extend my hands. It feels sore.

"We were doing five-on-five drills (in practice Sunday), my arm got caught."

Brian Lashoff will be inserted into the lineup tonight.

General manager Ken Holland said the team needs to know the extent of the injury before deciding its next move - whether to place Kindl on injured reserve and call-up defenseman Xavier Ouellet from Grand Rapids.

Kindl has two goals, nine points and a minus-1 rating in 28 games. He's been a healthy scratch in eight games since mid-November because coach Mike Babcock hasn't been satisfied with his compete level.

Lashoff has two assists and a plus-5 rating in 10 games.

With Kindl out, Danny DeKeyser plays the point on the second power-play unit.

Here are the Red Wings' lines and defense pairs for tonight:

Henrik Zetterberg-Pavel Datsyuk-Justin Abdelkader

Tomas Tatar-Riley Sheahan-Tomas Jurco

Johan Franzen-Darren Helm-Gustav Nyquist

Drew Miller-Luke Glendening-Stephen Weiuss

Joakim Andersson and Daniel Cleary are scratched.

On defense:

Jonathan Ericsson-Niklas Kronwall

Danny DeKeyser-Kyle Quincey

Brendan Smith-Brian Lashoff

In goal:

Jimmy Howard (starting)

Petr Mrazek

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