Sharks fans held their collective breath last night as Joe Thornton left the ice with a knee injury in the first period of a 3-1 win over the Canucks last night. It was the second injury to a top six forward in eight days, and the second to one of the team’s top two centers, no less.
The severity of Thornton’s injury is not yet clear. Thornton limped out of the arena under his own power last night, according to the Mercury News’ Curtis Pashelka, and head coach Peter DeBoer was hopeful that Thornton would only be out “short-term.