Update (10:11 PM): Elliotte Friedman, via Twitter:

Jason Williams out at least 6 weeks with broken ankle.

Six weeks is better than a bad knee injury’s six months. – Matt

Jason Williams will miss some time with a broken right fibula after falling awkwardly as a result of a fight for the puck at the endboards. It looked like a major knee injury on replays, but Ken Daniels received word from the team that it’s a break.

The good news is that a broken leg has a shorter recovery time than a blown out knee.

I’m no Williams fan, but this is definitely bad news for the Wings, who are already down two forwards due to injury. They really didn’t need to lose another, even when the guy lost is someone who is as big a liability as Williams is.

The team now only has 11 healthy forwards, with Eaves, we can hope, close to healthy as a 12th. Chances are they’ll call someone up from Grand Rapids to give them some roster flexibility even if Eaves is healthy by Wednesday. Ritola is probably first in line, but because whoever comes up may not play much, it could be someone like Jeremy Williams.

By the way, the Wings played a game that ranks among their worst this season tonight. I don’t know if I’ll have anything more to say about it. Horrible effort. They took the Leafs for granted and paid for it with a fricking 5-1 loss. Awful.

Get back in the saddle Wednesday, guys.