Couture hasn't played since being hit in mouth by a deflected puck on March 25 against the Nashville Predators. Thornton hasn't played since injuring his left knee on April 2 against the Vancouver Canucks.
Based on their work on the ice the past two days, Couture appears to be more likely than Thornton to be in the lineup for Game 1. For a second straight day, Couture centered the top line, skating between Joe Pavelski and Melker Karlsson and went through an entire practice. Couture also worked on the top power-play unit.
Thornton skated again with extra forwards Micheal Haley and Kevin Labanc and left practice early, this time missing power-play work.
"I feel better," Couture said of his conditioning. "It's good to skate multiple days. I think it's been six or seven days that I've skated. Each day you can get on the ice back to back and get a good practice, high-tempo practice, these are the good ones to be part of, so I'm happy to be out there with the team. It feels like guys are moving pretty good. It was a good practice again today."
DeBoer said Couture "looked great" during practice.
"I think it was just nice to have him out there two practices in a row," DeBoer said. "I think every time he's on the ice he feels better about where he's at."