DETROIT -- Returning to the lineup after missing 18 games is a challenge, but it's one that Teemu Pulkkinen welcomes.
Pulkkinen, 24, dislocated his right shoulder Dec. 3 against the Arizona Coyotes.
He has been practicing with the team for a couple of weeks and coach Jeff Blashill said Pulkkinen would return to the lineup Sunday against the Philadelphia Flyers.
"It's been a long six weeks so it's nice to be back for sure," Pulkkinen said after the Wings practiced at Joe Louis Arena Saturday. "I feel good. My shoulder is 100 percent so that's a good thing.