Coach Jeff Blashill said Tuesday he hopes Datsyuk (ankle) will return for Friday's tilt with San Jose, George Sipple of the Detroit Free Press reports.

EDGE Analysis

Datsyuk will miss Tuesday's game, which will be his 15th straight, but continues to make progress. Datsyuk didn't seem overly confident about returning on Friday, but that will depend how the next couple days of practice go.