Thu 1/12/12 1:30 PM

For confirmation purposes, Erik Karlsson will be in Ottawa's lineup on Thursday night after missing one game with an upper-body. The Senators were adamant that the injury wasn't serious, but his absence from practice on Wednesday did raise some eyebrows after he sat out Tuesday's contest following an injury in the warmup. Get the offensive defenseman back in your fantasy lineup. Matt Carkner is expected to be a healthy scratch to make room for Karlsson's return.