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Thornton Helps Sharks Hold Serve in Game 3
- Updated: June 5, 2016
SAN JOSE — Joe Thornton’s Stanley Cup Final dream was slowly turning into a nightmare.
The San Jose Sharks had lost the first two games of the Final to the Pittsburgh Penguins and limped home desperately needing a win. Thornton, who had 18 points in his first 18 postseason games this spring, did not have a point in San Jose’s two one-goal losses. The other wing on the Sharks’ top line, Tomas Hertl, could not play in Game 3 because of a lower-body injury.
Everything, it seemed, was crashing down on Thornton and the Sharks as they finally reached the moment that had been longed for from the day Thornton arrived in San Jose a decade ago.
But the man they call “Jumbo” refused to despair; instead, he was at the forefront of San Jose’s 3-2 overtime victory in Game 3 at SAP Center on Saturday. Thornton earned assists on San Jose’s two regulation goals in the first home Cup Final game for the Sharks in their 25-year history. Rookie Joonas Donskoi then scored the winner at 12:18 of overtime.
“It’s a huge win,” Thornton said. “You lose that and you go down 3-0; that’s a deep hole to get yourself in. But we held serve, [it’s] 2-1 now and the next game is at home. So it’s a good feeling.”
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