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Jakub Kindl appears set to serve as a healthy scratch for the third straight game Thursday versus the Jets, MLive.com's Ansar Khan reports.

Kindl appears set to serve as a healthy scratch for the third straight game Thursday versus the Jets, MLive.com's Ansar Khan reports.

Analysis:

Despite Brendan Smith (hand) being unavailable Thursday, Kindl will not reenter the lineup, as the newly recalled Xavier Ouellet will slot in on the team's third pairing. It looks like Kindl will be a routine healthy scratch for the Red Wings until coach Ken Hitchcock grows dissatisfied with one of his other six blueliners.

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