PITTSBURGH — He's surrounded again, down to his last shot, like Butch and Sundance in Bolivia. For Joe Thornton, the movie has finished like this before. Too many times.
His team is down three games to one in the Stanley Cup Final, with Game 5 Thursday night at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. The Sharks have to win three straight games, and they have to do it against a powerhouse Penguins team that has coalesced at just the right time. He's still looking for his first goal of the series, as the Penguins' swarming defense has totally disrupted his and other Sharks' top forwards' games.