DETROIT -- Detroit Red Wings forward Kris Draper will have surgery for a sports hernia Thursday and is expected to be out an additional four to six weeks, general manager Ken Holland said.



Draper saw Dr. William Meyers in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Meyers is a specialist who performed the same surgery on Draper three years ago (back then, it was on his right side; now, it's on his left).



Draper, who's been out since the first day of training camp Sept. 18, can begin skating in three weeks.



Holland said he doesn't need to recall anybody from the Grand Rapids Griffins. The club already has one extra forward, Justin Abdelkader, who's been out with a rib injury but is close to being cleared to play.



