SAN JOSE Tyler Seguin Jersey , Calif. (AP) in on a seven-year contract with Evander Kane that will keep the high-scoring forward off the free-agent market.A person familiar with the negotiations says the contract is expected to be finalized on Wednesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday night on condition of anonymity because the deal hasn’t been completed. Sportsnet first reported the two sides were close to an agreement.Kane, who turns 27 in August, was acquired from Buffalo at the trade deadline. Under the terms of that trade, the Sabres will now get a first-round pick in 2019 instead of a second-rounder because Kane signed with San Jose. The selection is lottery-protected, so it could be moved to 2020.Kane’s status was one of the biggest questions heading into this offseason for the Sharks, who were knocked out of the playoffs in six games in the second round against eventual Western Conference champion Vegas.Star Joe Thornton is the other prominent potential free agent on the team but has said he’s willing to come back on a reduced one-year deal.Kane had issues off the ice and with teammates at times during his stints with Winnipeg and Buffalo, but melded well with a veteran Sharks team and got the opportunity to go to the postseason for the first time in his career.”He’s fit in well http://www.avalancheshoponline.com/authentic-alexander-kerfoot-jersey ,” teammate Logan Couture said after the season ended. ”You don’t listen to what people say about him before. Getting to know him over these last few months he’s a great teammate. He cares and he wants to win. He was fun to play with.”Kane made an immediate impact in San Jose, stepping right onto the top line with captain Joe Pavelski and helping ease the loss of Thornton, who went down with a season-ending knee injury in January. Kane used his speed and physical play to deliver nine goals and five assists in 17 games and spark an eight-game winning streak that sent San Jose to the playoffs.Kane shined in the first round with three goals and an assist during a sweep against Anaheim. But he struggled a bit against the Golden Knights, slowed by injuries to his knee and shoulder that lingered from the end of the regular season.He had one goal and a minus-5 rating in five games against Vegas. He missed Game 2 of that series when he was suspended for cross-checking Pierre-Edouard Bellemare.Kane finished last season with 29 goals and 25 assists, his second-most productive season to his 30-goal, 27-assist campaign for the Jets in 2011-12. Kane has 186 goals and 168 assists in 574 career games since entering the NHL as the fourth overall pick by Atlanta in 2009.— DENVER (AP) — It was an All-Star night for Joe Pavelski and Brent Burns.Pavelski and Burns each had a goal and three assists, Martin Jones made 31 saves and the San Jose Sharks held off the slumping Colorado Avalanche 5-4 on Wednesday.The four-point games by the San Jose stars came hours after they were chosen for the Pacific Division squad in the All-Star Game to be played at the Sharks’ arena on Jan. 26.“It’ll be different in our hometown Womens Carl Soderberg Jersey ,” Pavelski said. “Just excited to be a part of it.”Pavelski is an All-Star for the third time in his career, and this is the fifth time for Burns. They will be joined by teammate Erik Karlsson, who is making his sixth appearance and first since coming to San Jose in an offseason trade.“It’s always special to play in them. Being at home, in front of our own fans, represent the team and the city makes it extra special,” Burns said.Evander Kane, Joonas Donskoi and Lukas Radil also scored for the Sharks Gabriel Landeskog Jersey Kids , who extended Colorado’s recent slide after a 9-0-2 stretch lifted the Avalanche into first place in the Central Division in early December. They are 3-8-3 since Dec. 4.“We’ve got to find a way to stop the bleeding here and make sure we talk about it,” captain Gabriel Landeskog said. “We try to come out with the lead and things just for whatever reason don’t go our way. Instead of stopping the bleeding at one or two goals, we let them get five tonight. That’s tough.”Tyson Jost had two goals and Matt Calvert and Tyson Barrie both scored for Colorado, which has dropped six in a row, two in overtime.But the Sharks didn’t need extra time to win their third in four games.San Jose led 2-1 after the first period on power-play goals by Pavelski and Burns.Burns’ goal on a 5-on-3 advantage gave the Sharks a lead they quickly expanded in the second.Kane scored his 12th of the season 4:15 into the period when he stole the puck from Barrie and beat goalie Philipp Grubauer high. Donskoi made it 4-1 when he stuffed the puck inside the post on a wraparound 2:15 after Kane’s goal.Pavel Francouz took over for Grubauer, who finished with 10 saves. Francouz made 12.Radil scored on Francouz to make it 5-1 at 16:33 of the second. Jost answered 16 seconds later to get Colorado back within three. Barrie made it a two-goal game with his fifth at 12:12 of the third, and Jost’s redirect at 16:36 got the Avalanche within a goal.Colorado pulled Francouz for an extra skater at 18:16 but couldn’t get one past Jones despite a flurry of chances.The Sharks were down a defenseman after Justin Braun hurt his knee in the first period and then lost another blueliner when Marc-Edouard Vlasic didn’t play for the last 10 minutes of the third.“We were down to five for most of the game http://www.avalancheshoponline.com/authentic-j.t.-compher-jersey , we got down to four and we got down to three in the last 10 minutes. That’s probably an explanation why it looked like it did a little bit in the third,” San Jose coach Peter DeBoer said. “Pickles (Vlasic) didn’t finish, and Justin Braun didn’t finish and we had Brenden Dillon in the penalty box.”Braun played one shift in the second period but sat the rest of the night. He was walking on his own after the game.“Hopefully it’s just a couple-day thing. I’m walking,” Braun said. “I didn’t think I would be useful out there. Thought I’d do more harm than good.”NOTES: Avalanche G Semyon Varlamov was out with a lower-body injury. … Barrie’s goal was the 275th point of his career, tying John-Michael Liles for most by an Avalanche defenseman. … This is the first time since 2010 the Sharks have had multiple players get four points in one game. … Colorado RW Mikko Rantanen was selected an All-Star. … Kane has three goals in his last three games against Grubauer.UP NEXTSharks: Home against Tampa Bay on Saturday.Avalanche: Host the New York Rangers on Friday night.