No surprise: Havlat, Khabibulin out tonight
DETROIT -- There was a tiny bit of hope Marty Havlat could play tonight in Game 5 at Joe Louis Arena, but he won't.
Havlat and Nikolai Khabibulin both will miss the elimination game -- Havlat with concussion-like symptoms from the Niklas Kronwall hit in Game 3 and Khabibulin with a groin problem.
However, the Red Wings won't have defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom or center Pavel Datsyuk either.
Read more on Tim Sassone's blog, Inside the Circles.
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