Video: Joe Thornton’s Best Actor nomination for Game 5 dive

We'll preface this by saying that every player in the NHL, and especially the great ones, will embellish plays in an attempt to draw a power play for their teams. Which is to say that a dive doesn't necessarily make one a chronic diver.

With that out of the way: Joe Thornton of the San Jose Sharks had a beauty of a flop against the Detroit Red Wings in Game 5 on Sunday night, after this