Ville Husso

The Detroit Red Wings have been without the services of starting goaltender Ville Husso for the past several games, as he’s been dealing with a nagging injury of late after having easily eclipsed his previous career high in games played.

The good news for Detroit is that backup Alex Nedeljkovic, who struggled mightily in the first part of this season and was relegated to the American Hockey League affiliate Grand Rapids Griffins, has performed well since being brought back up to the big club. And the even better news now is that it looks like Husso is ready to get back into action.

According to comments made by head coach Derek Lalonde, it will be Husso back between the pipes for Detroit’s next game tomorrow night against the Original 6 and Atlantic Division rival Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre.

Husso, who is in his first year with the Red Wings after being acquired from the St. Louis Blues in a trade last summer, has amassed a record of 25-19-6 with a 3.02 goals against average, .899 save percentage and three shutouts.

Detroit will take on the Canadiens tomorrow night starting at 7:00 PM EST.

While it was originally being speculated earlier this week that Detroit Red Wings goaltender Ville Husso’s season could be finished after playing in a career high 51 games, it seems as though there is a bit of good news to be shared on his status as the regular season schedule winds down to a close.

According to Detroit Free Press beat writer Helene St. James, Husso is expected to be able to make a return to action, though it won’t be for tonight’s game against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes or in Detroit’s following contest on the road against the Winnipeg Jets.

She writes:

“Alex Nedeljkovic starting Thursday for Red Wings. Derek Lalonde says Ville Husso not done for season after all, but won’t be available Thursday or Friday.”

It was Nedeljkovic who was between the pipes for Tuesday night’s victory at Little Caesars Arena against the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins. Despite allowing four tallies, the pending unrestricted free agent made several strong saves as he continues to make the case that he deserves a new contract.

The Red Wings and Hurricanes will battle one another tonight starting at 7:30 PM EST in a nationally televised game (ESPN Plus/Hulu).