DENVER (AP) — It was an All-Star night for Joe Pavelski and Brent Burns.Pavelski and Burns each had a goal and three assists Womens Jason Demers Jersey , 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,” 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 Paul Thompson Jersey Womens , 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, 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 Troy Brouwer Jersey Womens ,” 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. EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — It didn’t take long for Nino Niederreiter to fit in with the Carolina Hurricanes.Niederreiter and Lucas Wallmark each scored twice to lead the Hurricanes to a 7-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday night.Acquired from Minnesota on Friday, Niederreiter got his first goals with Carolina.“It’s always nice if you get a chance to score a goal, but more importantly we got the win we needed,” he said. “The last home game http://www.officialavalanche.com/authen … tto-jersey , we definitely didn’t play the way we wanted, so it’s a big win for us tonight.”Andrei Svechnikov had a goal and two assists, and Brock McGinn and Jordan Martinook also scored as the Hurricanes snapped a two-game skid. Sebastian Aho and Jaccob Slavin each had three assists, and Petr Mrazek stopped 17 shots.Carolina led 3-0 in the first period, and pushed the lead to 6-1 in the second.“The start was obviously what we talked about doing and it couldn’t have went really any better,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “You have to give the guys credit, it was a 60-minute effort for the most part. The effort level was high and we deserved that game.”Leon Draisaitl had two goals, and Brandon Manning and Zack Kassian also scored for the Oilers http://www.officialcanadiensprostore.co … ult-jersey , who have lost two straight. Cam Talbot gave up three goals on 15 shots over the first 11:02 before he was replaced by Mikko Koskinen, who had 15 saves.“We have to get through this, we have no choice,” Draisaitl said. “It is frustrating. We take two steps ahead and then we take two back. One ahead, and then one back. We go up and then we go down. We have to figure it out.”Carolina wasted no time getting on the board, scoring on the first shot of the game just 28 seconds in when Niederreiter beat Talbot with a quick wrist shot for his 10th.The Hurricanes doubled the lead 6 1/2 minutes into the first with the Oilers scrambling in their own zone on a point shot by Slavin that was tipped in by Svechnikov. Carolina was outshooting Edmonton 8-0 at the time.Carolina kept it coming with another goal 11 minutes into the opening period as Niederreiter muscled his way out from behind the goal line and beat Talbot for his second of the game on his team’s 15th shot. Koskinen then replaced Talbot.The Oilers finally showed some signs of life with 51 seconds left in the first when Connor McDavid passed in front for Manning, who beat Mrazek.Carolina made it 4-1 on McGinn’s shot two minutes into the second and then made pushed the lead to four a couple of minutes later on the power play on a breakaway goal by Wallmark.The Hurricanes made it 6-1 late in the second on a perfect feed from Warren Foegele to Martinook for his 10th.The Oilers pulled within four with 19 seconds left in the period on Draisaitl’s 25th of the season and 100th in his career.Kassian’s tip to start the third made it 6-3 and Edmonton pulled within two seven minutes into the final frame on the power play on Draisaitl’s second of the game.Wallmark scored again into an empty net to seal the win.NOTES: Carolina improved to 17-4-2 when scoring first and 18-1-2 when leading after two periods. … Niederreiter played in his 500th regular season game. Hurricanes F Greg McKegg played in his 100th. …The teams concluded their two-game season series Feb. 15 at Carolina. … Edmonton is 3-18-1 when trailing after two periods. … Draisaitl leads the Oilers with eight power-play goals.UP NEXTHurricanes: At Calgary on Tuesday night.Oilers: Host Detroit on Tuesday night.