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Pregame report: Datsyuk a game-time call; more Chelios-Roenick-Babcock drama

By Pierre LeBrun

Friday, May 22, 2009

CHICAGO -- As we told you earlier today, Hart Trophy nominee Pavel Datsyuk didn't skate this morning. "He's going to be a game-time decision," Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "We'll decide here tonight." If Datsyuk is out, Ville Leino will enter the lineup on the fourth line, while Valtteri Filppula will move up to the second line between Marian Hossa and Tomas Holmstrom. "For Filppula, it's prime time," Babcock said. "I think it's a great opportunity in a good building against a good team ...

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