from Dana Wakiji of DetroitRedWings.com,
Andreas Athanasiou was all set to play at home Dec. 22 against the Florida Panthers.
Then after taking warmups, Athanasiou ended up being a very late scratch with an upper-body injury that happened Dec. 20 in Carolina.
"I just kind of fell awkwardly a little bit," Athanasiou said. "It's all right. It was just grabbing me a little bit, a little soreness. Those last couple days helped definitely. Should be good tonight."...
Athanasiou went through the morning skate, taking line rushes with Luke Glendening and Michael Rasmussen, and also working with the second power-play unit with Rasmussen, Tyler Bertuzzi, Filip Hronek and Niklas Kronwall.