We have family coming in to help move the last bit of furniture, so this’ll be brief.

… Colorado is 1-0-1 since beating the Wings in Detroit last week. They followed their Saturday win with a Wednesday overtime loss in Minnesota, but pulled out a win last night at home against Carolina.

… They retain their lead in the West with 16 points.

… The lineup for the Avs should be the same, except that Darcy Tucker will be out after a vicious Tuomo Ruutu hit. Tucker’s got a concussion and will miss some time.

… Peter Budaj was the goalie last night for the Avs, so Craig Anderson should be in net tonight.

… The Wings have played only one game since losing to the Avs last week and it too was a loss. They kicked off their road trip in Phoenix on Thursday and blew a one-goal third period lead before losing in overtime.

… Brad May will return to the lineup, and it may come at the expense of Justin Abdelkader, who Khan claims was the odd-man out at practice.

… Jimmy Howard will be in net for the Wings. He hasn’t played for three weeks. The Wings need a big game out of him.

… The Wings managed to throw away a pretty strong effort by letting their foot off the gas Thursday. They can’t do that again tonight. “60 minutes” needs to be the goal tonight.