Coach Paul MacLean stuck by his original expectation on Wednesday that Erik Karlsson (upper body) will be available to play on Thursday night despite missing Wednesday's practice. "I think it was just something in his preparation, whether it was playing soccer or getting manipulated or whatever he was doing in his pre-game routine, but I don't know exactly what it was," said MacLean. "Erik should be fine. We just want to make sure." Karlsson was held out of Tuesday's contest in Pittsburgh as a precaution after he tweaked something while warming up.