Datsyuk (ankle) will return to the lineup for Friday night's home game against the Sharks, Ansar Khan of MLive.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

Datsyuk is set to make his season debut Friday, a fashionably late entrance to the 2015-16 campaign as the result of offseason surgery to repair ruptured tendons in his right ankle. The report adds that Datsyuk will join a line with Henrik Zetterberg and Justin Abdelkader right off the bat, and it appears safe to put the Magic Man back in your fantasy lineups as early as Friday. He may be rusty upon his return, but even a limited Datsyuk could still be productive given his top-notch hockey acumen that is backed by 869 points in 887 career games.