No doubt at all Thornton will be in the lineup, but questions remain as to how effective he will be despite the Sharks’ captain’s insistence that there are no limitations as to what he can do about taking a shoulder-to-shoulder hit from Vancouver forward Raffi Torres midway through the third period of Sunday’s 4-2 loss to the Cancucks. If Thornton is taking key faceoffs tonight, for example, at least one of those questions will be answered.
