Joe Thornton assisted on all three San Jose Sharks goals in their 4-3 shootout loss to the Dallas Stars on Thursday night. The 32-year-old is as gifted a passer as they come in the NHL, and these amounted to his 48th of the season. Thornton is producing at a near-point-per-game clip (62 points), though he's often put up them up in bunches. Goal scorers included Torrey Mitchell (seventh), Patrick Marleau (27th) and Joe Pavelski (24th). Marleau finished a team-high plus-two, while Pavelski also had seven penalty minutes.