GDT #28: 12/8/14 | 7:00PM CST | v Panthers | FSMW/KMOX

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It's not letting me post the game preview.

Marty gets the start. Go Blues.
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By JACK CASSIDY (STATS Writer) 14 hours ago AP - Sports

The comforts of home were always there for Martin Brodeur during his 21 seasons in New Jersey, where the winningest goalie in NHL history earned 379 of his victories.

Now the future Hall of Famer will experience something new at the age of 42.

Brodeur makes his first home start in a St. Louis uniform Monday night when the Blues face off against the Florida Panthers.

Brodeur has appeared in two games since St. Louis (17-8-2) signed him Tuesday, losing his first start 4-3 on Thursday in Nashville before picking up a win Saturday by stopping 14 of 15 shots in relief of Jake Allen to help the Blues beat the New York Islanders 6-4.

"Not what I expected, that's for sure," Brodeur told the Blues' official website. "I think it's been a tough road trip. We played some tough teams.

"It's nice. First one out of the way so I'm excited about that."

Brodeur will chase his 690th career win Monday behind a defensive unit coming off its worst stretch this season. St. Louis has allowed four goals in each of the last three contests after surrendering four only twice across the first 24 games.

"We haven't played our best hockey," defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk said. "We've looked almost lazy and haven't really played that smart, simple game we're so good at ... Then we start to play and we look like the Blues that everyone kind of says that we are, the fast, hard-hitting, simple kind of blue-collar team."

The Blues ended a two-game skid Saturday behind the offense, which had three goals in both the second and third periods to overcome a 3-0 deficit. Paul Stastny scored two, T.J. Oshie got his third this season and Vladimir Tarasenko his fifth in five games.

They'll look to carry that momentum into what statistically is shaping up to be a defensive battle. Florida (11-7-7) ranks in the NHL's top 10 with 2.40 goals allowed per game, sitting just behind the Blues, who allow an average of 2.26.

The Panthers have not allowed more than three during their 4-1-1 stretch.

Rookie defenseman Aaron Ekblad has led the charge on both ends of the ice. The 2014 first overall draft pick leads the NHL with six points this month and the team with 13 assists this season.

"I don't want to get too cocky or anything like that, but pretty happy to be producing and I couldn't be doing that without some help from these guys," Ekblad told the Panthers' official site. "They're making great plays and giving me those opportunities."

Florida, kicking off a three-game trip, sits near the bottom of the NHL with 2.20 goals per game but has 10 over its last three, including Saturday's 3-2 win over Buffalo.

"I thought we played really well as a team," said goaltender Roberto Luongo, who stopped 26 shots. "Now we've got to focus on a big road trip for us here."

Luongo will likely start in net again and seeks his fourth win in five games. He is 15-11-0-1 against the Blues in his career, but lost his last meeting 4-3 in a shootout on Feb. 17, 2013, while still with Vancouver.

The Blues have won four straight over the Panthers by a combined score of 17-2, including a 7-0 victory Oct. 5, 2013, in the most recent meeting in St. Louis.
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The wife and I are sitting 5 rows behind the Blues goal for Marty's first game in St. Louis. I can't wait.

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I might be going. My sister and I bought my dad a brick for Christmas, and it was supposed to come with seats to tonight's game, but we haven't gotten the tickets yet.
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cardsfan04 wrote:I might be going. My sister and I bought my dad a brick for Christmas, and it was supposed to come with seats to tonight's game, but we haven't gotten the tickets yet.
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Blues 5
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This ain't the Panthers of yore, but I think we're going to see the Non-STL offense starts to click. Be nice to follow up that NYR win with a good solid beatdown.

Also, do we have any idea how long Bouw will be out? I think him coming back will reduce our goals allowed quite a bit.
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Had to pass up an opportunity to go to tonight's game.
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Let's get Marty another $20K!
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This is a vastly improved Panthers team. Not an easy 2 points and don't count on another 7-0 drubbing.

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This team looks terrible

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Good job by Marty tonight. Got a little caught up in the two pad stack on Ekblad's goal, but made some good saves throughout the game.

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Krigloch the Furious wrote:This team looks terrible
Agree, but thankfully Marty did NOT! Classy act Blues fans.
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cardsfan04 wrote:I might be going. My sister and I bought my dad a brick for Christmas, and it was supposed to come with seats to tonight's game, but we haven't gotten the tickets yet.
Will call?
That's where we ended up getting them, but they were really really unorganized with it. Blues are notorious for this kind of thing. Was a really frustrating day dealing with them.

[rant]We bought the brick on Friday. The only successful part of the order was them receiving our money. We submitted text for the brick and tonight's game for the free tickets online when paying, but neither were processed. It took about 4-5 phone calls today (not including the ones that went unanswered) to get it kinda squared away. Had to tell them over the phone what to put on the brick (which isn't a big deal except I'm worried they will screw it up). They assured us tickets would be emailed within an hour of that phone call. Nope. So, called back and found out they would be at will call. Nope. So, had to wait for them to figure it out and barely got to our seats in time. People at the window next to us had the exact same problem, so it was probably pretty commonly screwed up.[/rant]
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Krigloch the Furious wrote:This team looks terrible
Agree, but thankfully Marty did NOT! Classy act Blues fans.
Team played poorly for sure, but Brodeur was really solid. 2 points is 2 points I guess, but we're missing something right now. Maybe it's just injuries, but I don't have that feeling before every game that we're definitely going to win that I usually have. If this just means we're waiting for closer to April to click, I'm all for it though.
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crazyhorse wrote:
Krigloch the Furious wrote:This team looks terrible
Agree, but thankfully Marty did NOT! Classy act Blues fans.
Team played poorly for sure, but Brodeur was really solid. 2 points is 2 points I guess, but we're missing something right now. Maybe it's just injuries, but I don't have that feeling before every game that we're definitely going to win that I usually have. If this just means we're waiting for closer to April to click, I'm all for it though.
You are right. What we are missing right now are Steen, Gunnar, Bouwmeester and Elliott. We haven't been so dominant in the games this season as we used to be the past 2-3 years, that is true, but we key injuries, mentioned above, you just can't expect a team to be good, or at least look good for a whole 60 mins.

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Not really sure this team deserved a point tonight, let alone two, but they got out of it with just that. Florida looked better than I would have given them credit for. Luongo made some great saves (as did the post). But the mark of a good team is one that can battle through injuries and poor play and still get W's. All praise to Marty for his play. And I thought the 4th line was our best line all night.
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It may very well be that Bouwmeester is the straw that stirs the drink. His absence has been disasterous for the defense. I'd bet when he gets back (and Elliott), things take a positive turn. Hate to say it would be like making a trade, but it really would.
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