Season | Regular Season | Playoff | Notes |
2005-06 | 125 points
130 point on Sharks
1st in NHL in PPG
1st in NHL in points | Round 1: 4 points in 5 games (tied for 4th on Sharks), 0 EVP
Round 2: 5 points in 6 games (tied for 2nd on Sharks), 4 EVP | Hart Trophy, 125+ point player, into sub PPG player in both rounds. Outplayed by Marleau in both rounds
A disappointing performance for the best offensive player in the world |
2006-07 | 114 points
2nd in NHL in points
2nd in NHL in PPG | Round 1: 6 points in 5 games (tied for 1st on Sharks, 0 goals), 6 EVP
Round 2: 5 points in 6 games (1st on Sharks by 2 points), 4 EVP | Still offensively dominant in regular season, he had the best playoffs of his career so far. He was the Sharks best player against Detroit. Marleau put up 0 points in 6 games |
2007-08 | 96 points
5th in the NHL in points
9th in NHL in PPG | Round 1: 7 points in 7 games (tied for 2nd on Sharks), 4 EVP
Round 2: 3 points in 6 games (tied for 3rd on Sharks), 2 EVP, 0 goals | First year the Sharks are really good. Good first round. Awful second round, but the whole team played terrible against the Stars. Marleau with 2 points in 6 games in Round 2 |
2008-09 | 86 points
11th in NHL in points
13th in NHL in PPG | 5 points in 6 games, first on Sharks (3 EVP) | The President's Trophy Sharks get upset in the first round. No Shark has a good series. Marleau only 3 points in 5 games |
2009-10 | 89 points
8th in NHL in points
12th in NHL in PPG | Round 1: 3 points in 6 games (3 EVP, -4). Tied for 7th on Sharks in points. Pavelski dominant 8 points in 6 games
Round 2: 8 points in 5 games (first on Sharks)
Round 3: 1 point in 4 game sweep (-5) | Sharks won the Western Conference that year. Thornton had a great round 2, but stunk in round 3 and was middling in round 1 |
2010-11 | 70 points
25th in NHL in points
30th in NHL in PPG
2nd on Sharks in points behind Marleau | Round 1: 5 points in 6 games (tied for 2nd on Sharks, 5 EVP)
Round 2: 6 points in 7 games (tied for 3rd on Sharks, team worst -3
Round 3: 6 points in 5 games (2nd on Sharks) | Nothing great this year, but was steady through 3 rounds while other players had ups and downs. |
2011-12 | 77 points
13th in NHL in points
19th in NHL in PPG | 5 points in 5 games, leading the Sharks | A good series. Marleau and Pavelski combine for 0 points in 5 games |
2012-13 | 40 points
30th in NHL in points
32nd in NHL in PPG | Round 1: 6 points in 4 games, 3rd on Sharks
Round 2: 4 points in 6 games, tied for 1st on Sharks | Good first round. Whole team including Thornton stunk against the Kings. Pavelski, Marleau, Thornton combine for 1 goal in 7 games. |
2013-14 | 76 points
13th in NHL in points
20th in NHL in PPG | 3 points in 7 games, tied for 7th on Sharks. Team worst -6 | All around bad round. Marleau had 7 points, Pavelski 6 |
2014-15 | 65 points
28th in NHL in points
30th in NHL in PPG
3rd on Sharks behind Pavelski and Couture | Did not qualify | |
2015-16 | 82 points
4th in NHL in points
7th in NHL in PPG | Round 1: 3 points in 5 games (tied for 6th on Sharks)
Round 2: 8 points in 7 games (2nd on Sharks)
Round 3: 7 points in 6 games (tied 2nd on Sharks)
SC Finals: 3 points in 6 games (tied for 4th on team) | Good in rounds 2 and 3. Not good in rounds 1 and 2. Couture had an outstanding playoffs, but Thornton only finished 4th on his team in points. Marleau was poor in general. |
2016-17 | 50 points
4th on Sharks | 2 points in 4 games, hurt in other 2 | Nothing positive to write about, but he was injured |
2017-18 | 36 points in 47 games
9th on Sharks (4th in PPG) | Missed playoffs to injury | |
2018-19 | 51 points in 73 games
8th on Sharks (8th in PPG) | Round 1: 4 points in 6 games (missed 1), tied for 5th on Sharks
Round 2: 2 points in 7 games
Round 3: 4 points in 6 games, tied for 3rd on Sharks | I can't fault him here because he was old. It wasn't his team anymore |