Henrik Zetterberg a game-time call

— -- DETROIT -- Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg on Wednesday participated in what he called his first full practice in months, opening the possibility of his return for Game 4 on Thursday.

Zetterberg, who hasn't played since leaving the Winter Olympics early to have back surgery, was officially listed as a game-time decision for Thursday night's game.

On Wednesday, he skated in the place of Pavel Datsyuk, whose wife was having a baby, and declined to put a timeline on his return.

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"Still taking it day by day," Zetterberg said. "I still have to do some skating. This was nice. The playoffs you rarely have any practices, game-like practices or moments. Today was a good day of that. Hopefully, I can get some more of those in here."

Zetterberg skated again Thursday -- this time on a line with Datsyuk and 

The Bruins lead the Red Wings 2-1 in the best-of-seven first-round playoff series.