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Unusually tight-lipped Brendan Smith 'happy' to be back in Red Wings' lineup for Game 3

DETROIT - Perhaps defenseman Brendan Smith wants to let his play do the talking.

Smith will make his 2015 playoff debut Tuesday night, when the Detroit Red Wings and Tampa Bay Lightning resume their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series in Game 3 at Joe Louis Arena.

It will mark Smith's first appearance since he took a foolish penalty during the second-to-last game of the the regular season, a 4-3 overtime loss in Montreal.

He was benched for the season finale in Carolina and then sat out the first two games of the Tampa Bay series, which is tied 1-1 heading back to Detroit.