It appears the Detroit Red Wings drive for a playoff spot is about to be boosted by the return of Pavel Datsyuk. The star forward has not played since Feb. 27 with an inflamed left knee. He participated in a full team practice on Tuesday and according to head coach Mike Babcock, will be a game-time decision for Wednesdays game and should be back in the lineup by Friday. "Im happy to be back with the team," Datsyuk told mlive after the skate. "I need a little more time to pick up the pace, pick up everything. "I can do full skates, lots of things that they do that I cannot do before, thats why I take three weeks (off)." Datsyuk told mlive that he still feels pain in the knee on some days, but said "I can handle it." The Red Wings beat Toronto on Saturday and Tampa Bay on Sunday to get to 84 points and secure the first wild card spot in the Eastern Conference. They host Boston on Wednesday and Buffalo on Friday. Cheap Detroit Red Wings Jerseys . -- Alex Anthopoulos spoke volumes with what he didnt say on right-hander Ervin Santana. Cheap Red Wings Jerseys China . Pospisil, from Vancouver, and Sock will compete for the title against defending champions and top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan of the United States, who defeated the 12th-seeded French duo of Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2. http://www.cheapredwingsjerseys.com/. -- The NFL Players Association wants to determine if the Tampa Bay Buccaneers leaked information about quarterback Josh Freeman being in the NFLs substance abuse program. Cheap Adidas Red Wings Jerseys . - A retired Indiana school principal who was NASCAR star Jeff Gordons drivers education teacher was killed with his wife in a Tennessee crash while returning from watching Gordon race. Cheap Red Wings Jerseys . And theyre pointing to the NHLs biggest market: Toronto. With Gretzky paid out for what is believed to be $7 to 8 million, Gretzky may be eager to get back into the NHL and TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger reports that the Maple Leafs are very much interested in The Great Ones services.The Winnipeg Jets are in St. Paul, Minnesota for a 7pm ct face off tonight against the Wild. Shane Hnidy joins Brian Munz for the radio broadcast on TSN 1290, while Dennis Beyak and Brian Engblom will call the action on TSN Jets. Ondrej Pavelec will start in goal for the Jets, who have a 2-1 record, after playing their first three games of the regular season schedule against Pacific Division opponents. Head coach Claude Noel decided to hold an optional pre-game skate this morning so tonights roster is unknown. However, based on who was off the ice earlier than others, its my expectation Matt Halischuk will make his Jets debut tonight. Halischuk has 157 games of NHL experience over the past five seasons with New Jersey and Nashville. In those games, he has 54 points (25 goals and 29 assists). Toby Enstrom (four assists) and Bryan Little (two goals and one assist) are on three-game point streaks. Captain Andrrew Ladd has two goals and one assist in his last two games.dddddddddddd Tonight is the first of five regular season games between Winnipeg and Minnesota. The Wild have a 0-1-2 record. Josh Harding will start in goal due to a knee injury sustained by starting goaltender Niklas Backstrom Tuesday night in Nashville. Backstrom is listed as day-to-day and in his absence, Minnesota recalled Darcy Kuemper from the AHLs Iowa Wild to serve as Hardings backup. Zach Parise has scored three goals in his last two games. In 24 career games against Atlanta/Winnipeg, Parise has scored 12 goals and has 11 assists. Ryan Suter is averaging the most minutes played of all NHL players at 29:02. Minnesota has the fourth best power play in the NHL at 38.5 per cent. Following tonights game, the Jets return home to host the Dallas Stars, 7pm ct tomorrow night (TSN 1290, TSN Jets) at MTS Centre. ' ' '