Joe Thornton scores winner in San Jose Sharks' 3-2 OT win over Dallas Stars

We got the job done when we needed it against a very desperate, very talented team. Let's face it, until their goalie imploded in the end, I didn't know which way the game was going. Mike Modano glided toward Evgeni Nabokov with palpable confidence, knowing he had shattered the Shark Tank many times before. The star center on a Dallas team that loves to play in San Jose was highly unlikely to waste a breakaway chance to end this overtime game. Instead, Nabokov barely stopped Modano's misfired first shot, and his easy rebound stuff rested calmly on the goal line next to Nabokov's reaching stick and the post. Thanks to Nabokov's final stunning saves, the Sharks' most feared opponent was denied _ and a few moments later, Joe Thornton wasn't. Read more