Brendan Smith has learned from being a healthy scratch for the last two games. Smith will return to the lineup on Thursday, but Red Wings coach Mike Babcock's decision to send him to the press box in the first place caught him off guard. Still, Smith is determined to get better. "There are always things I have to work on," said Smith, who will replace Ian White. "What I've been doing in practice is working hard and making a good first pass, not trying to get too complicated. Making the game simple and maybe playing the Nicklas Lidstrom way, see the first pass and make it."