Pavel Datsyuk to miss two weeks after knee surgery

The Detroit Red Wings will have to play tonight’s rivalry clash versus the Chicago Blackhawks without top point-scorer Pavel Datsyuk. Datsyuk is set to miss the next two weeks recovering from recent arthroscopic surgery on his knee Tuesday morning.

The Blackhawks will also be without a 50-point scorer, as center Johnathan Toews is out with an upper body injury.

Two of the three games between the two Central Division rivals have been settled by overtime, and all three have been decided be just one goal. The teams will play Tuesday night at 8 PM on NBC Sports Network.

DETROIT – Detroit Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk is expected to be out of the lineup for two weeks after undergoing successful arthroscopic knee surgery.The team says the 33-year-old Russian had fragments from his right knee removed this morning

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