Brodeur gets his first victory for Blues

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Updated 4:34 pm, Saturday, December 6, 2014

UNIONDALE, N.Y. - Martin Brodeur wasn't planning to be in net for the St. Louis Blues net on Saturday.

But after they fell behind the Islanders 3-0, the goaltender with the most victories in league history entered in relief and his new team rallied to win 6-4.

Paul Stastny scored twice - including the go-ahead goal in the third period - and Brodeur had his first win in a St. Louis uniform after 688 victories with the New Jersey Devils.

Stastny's second goal of the game and his fifth of the season at 13:26 of the third snapped a 4-4 tie and gave the Blues their first lead. St. Louis fell behind by three goals in the first period, then replaced starter Jake Allen with Brodeur to start the second.

'It changed momentum to put me in there. It worked out well,' Brodeur said. 'When it was 3-3, I said 'Here we go. It's my game now.''

Brodeur made 14 saves for career win No. 689 and his 52nd against the Islanders, the most for the 42-year-old goaltender against any team. Brodeur stopped Brock Nelson and Anders Lee in front early in the third and was hardly tested late.

'I felt pretty good. I'm not a guy that is used to coming from the bench. I've got to get used to it, I think,' Brodeur said. 'I'm happy with the performance. I made some solid saves in the third to keep the game tied up and we scored some big goals after that.'

Tavares scored against Brodeur to put the Islanders ahead 4-3 with 54 seconds left in the middle period. But T.J. Oshie tied the game 4:51 into the third with a power-play goal.

Vladimir Tarasenko sealed the win with his 17th goal at 17:32 of the third as the Blues improved to 17-8-2 and ended a two-game losing streak.

'We felt that if we kept fighting we'd be able to grasp this hockey game,' Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. 'We're hard to play against when we play our game.'

After Frans Nielsen, Ryan Strome and Michael Grabner scored in the first against Allen, who faced 12 shots, the Blues turned to Brodeur, who signed with St. Louis last Tuesday after playing his entire career with the Devils.

'It's not like it's a new building for me. I've played enough games here,' Brodeur said of Nassau Coliseum, which the Islanders will leave after this season for Brooklyn's Barclays Center. 'It's kind of nice that I was able to get in there and play in the final year of this building.'

Sunday's game

Who: Sharks (13-10-4) at Oilers (6-15-5)

Where: Edmonton, Alberta

When: 6 p.m.

TV/Radio: CSNCA/98.5