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.