The San Jose Sharks agreed to a contract extension with star centre Logan Couture to keep him off the market next summer.

A person familiar with the deal confirmed the extension, which was first reported by Comcast SportsNet California. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the contract can't be signed until the free agency window opens July 5.

Couture is owed $3 million next season in the final year of a two-year, $5.75 million contract. Couture would have been eligible to be a restricted free agent next summer. The person would not say how long Couture's new deal would last but Comcast reported it was expected to be for five more seasons.

The 24-year-old Couture has emerged as one of the Sharks' top players the past two years in all facets of the game, becoming the team's most reliable goal-scorer, drawing the toughest defensive matchups and becoming a leader in the locker room. Couture is expected to become part of the formal leadership group next season, replacing the departed Ryane Clowe as an alternate captain.

Couture has led the team in goals the past two seasons, scoring 31 in 2011-12 and 21 during this lockout-shortened campaign. He is tied for seventh in the NHL with 84 goals over the past three seasons.

Couture has also been a strong post-season performer in his career, helping the Sharks make back-to-back runs to the conference final in 2010 and 2011 and leading the team's playoff charge this season. He has 17 goals and 16 assists in 49 career playoff games.

(The Associated Press)

Intercounty Baseball League:
Kitchener at Guelph (cancelled)
Burlington at Barrie, 7:30 p.m.

Junior Intercouhty Baseball:
Brantford Braves at Stratford Indians, Doubleader - 6:00 and 8:30 p.m.
St. Thomas Tomcats at Cambridge Cubs, Doubleheader, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.

Tri-County Men's Fastball:
Port Burwell Lakers at Tavistock Merchants, 8:30 p.m.
Tillsonburg at Innerkip Expos, 8:30 p.m.
Innerkip Eagles at Woodstock Kelseys, 8:30 p.m.

Interleague
Colorado at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.
Milwaukee at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

Baseball
American League
Tampa Bay at Boston, 1:05 p.m., 1st game
Tampa Bay at Boston, 7:10 p.m., 2nd game
Kansas City at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.
Oakland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.
Seattle at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

National League
N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 1:10 p.m., 1st game
Washington at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m., 2nd game
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.
Miami at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Hockey
Calder Cup final
Grand Rapids at Syracuse, 7 p.m.
(Grand Rapids leads series 3-2)

NBA Finals
San Antonio at Miami, 9 p.m.
(San Antonio leads series 3-2)

Tuukka Rask made 28 saves to earn the shutout as the Boston Bruins dominated the Chicago Blackahwks for a 2-nothing win in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final.
Patrice Bergeron  and Daniel Paille  scored for Boston, delighting the hometown crowd.
The Bruins now lead the best-of-seven championship series 2-1.
Chicago clearly missed veteran forward Marian Hossa, who was pulled from the Blackhawks lineup after injuring himself during warmups.
Ben Smith took Hossa's place on a line with Patrick Sharp and Dave Bolland.
The game ended with Bruins captain Zdeno Chara and forward Brad Marchand in the dressing room.
Both were involved in a scrum in front of Boston's net in the last minute of play.
Game 4 goes Wednesday
Stanley Cup final
Boston 2 Chicago 0
(Boston leads series 2-1)
Baseball
Maicer Izturis drove in the game's only runs with an RBI single in the eighth inning and Josh Johnson had a strong outing on the mound Monday as the Toronto Blue Jays pushed their winning streak to six games with a 2-0 interleague victory over the Colorado Rockies.
It's Toronto's first six-game win streak since May 2011.
The streaking Blue Jays, who have won nine of 11, are coming off a 5-1 road trip that included the club's first-ever four-game sweep at Texas against the Rangers.
Despite pitching a gem, Johnson earned the no-decision and is still winless in eight starts for the Blue Jays. He gave up five hits while striking out 10 and walking two in 7 1-3 innings.
Interleague
Toronto 2 Colorado 0
American League
Kansas City 2 Cleveland 1
Detroit 5 Baltimore 1
Texas 8 Oakland 7
Chicago White Sox 4 Houston 2
L.A. Angels 11 Seattle 3
National League
Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 1
Philadelphia 5 Washington 4
St. Louis 5 Chicago Cubs 2
Miami 3 Arizona 2
Atlanta 2 N.Y. Mets 1
San Diego 5 San Francisco 3 (13 innings)
Intercounty Baseball League:
No games scheduled Monday.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Championship Final
Miami 104 San Antonio 114
(San Antonio leads series 3-2)

BASEBALL
Intercounty League
Brantford Red Sox at London Majors (PPD)
Guelph 10 Hamilton 11
Burlington 6 Toronto 4
Barrie 11 Kitchener 5

American League

Chien-Ming Wang won for the first time in more than a year, Colby Rasmus homered for a third straight game, and the visiting Toronto Blue Jays completed a four-game of sweep by beating the Texas Rangers 7-2 on Sunday for their fifth straight victory.
 Texas has dropped six straight for the first time since April, 2010.
Wang (1-0) allowed seven hits in seven shutout innings to win for the first time since last June 12 with Washington.
Adam Lind hit a three-run homer, and J.P. Arencibia added a two-run shot for Toronto. The Blue Jays outscored the Rangers 24-4 to sweep a four-game series at Texas for the first time.
Derek Holland (5-4) allowed four runs and 10 hits in six innings for the Rangers, who have only scored eight runs in their slide.

Boston 3 Baltimore 6
Kansas City 5 Tampa Bay 3
Chicago White Sox 4 Houston 5
Detroit 5 Minnesota 2
Toronto 7 Texas 2
N.Y. Yankees 6 L.A. Angels 5
Seattle 2 Oakland 10

National League
Chicago Cubs 3 N.Y. Mets 4
Milwaukee 1 Cincinnati 5
St. Louis 2 Miami 7
L.A. Dodgers 3 Pittsburgh 6
Arizona 1 San Diego 4
Philadelphia 2 Colorado 5
San Francisco 0 Atlanta 3

Interleague
Washington 0 Cleveland 2