The Detroit Red Wings' Mikael Samuelsson, who was a healthy scratch on Thursday, admitted that his confidence is down. He has three points in 21 games this season. "That's what I need most of all," Samuelsson said, referring to confidence. "You can say, 'Oh yeah, you have to skate faster, you've got to battle harder.' Yeah, absolutely. I haven't played my best hockey. But it has its reasons too, but I don't want to comment on that. I just have to take it one day at a time." Is his confidence down? "Right now? Yeah, it is," he said. "No question about it."