The Wings haven't had more than 12 forwards available until this week, when Tyler Motte is expected to return to the lineup.

It’s not so much that he was hit then it was how he was hit that’s leaving Detroit Red Wings forward Tyler Motte in a sour mood.“I didn’t like the hit, to be honest with you,” Motte said. He’s been an absentee from the Detroit the past seven games after absorbing a hit from New York Rangers defenseman Victor Mancini in at Oct.