Tue 4/17/12 1:41 AM

Joe Thornton assisted on all three San Jose goals in a 4-3 loss to St. Louis in Game 3 of their Western Conference opening-round series. The output represented Thornton's first three points in the series. He was a plus-2, but also took an ill-time roughing penalty. It came at 17:31 of the final period and with the score 4-2. Logan Couture's goal 12 seconds after the captain got out of the box cut the deficit to 4-3.