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Final Score: Chicago 3 - NY Islanders 5

Uniondale, NY (Sports Network) - Blake Comeau recorded his first career hat trick to lead the New York Islanders over the Chicago Blackhawks, 5-3, at Nassau Coliseum.

"It's big for us. They're a good hockey club," said Comeau. "It's a big confidence booster. We knew we had to play a good game right after the break and get on the right way. I thought we did a good job tonight."

Jon Sim and Richard Park also lit the lamp for the Islanders, who hit the Olympic break having dropped two of three. Dwayne Roloson put together one of his best starts this season, stopping 41-of-44 shots in the victory.

Brian Campbell, Patrick Kane and Dustin Byfuglien scored for the Blackhawks, who had won four in a row prior to the Olympic hiatus.

Starter Antti Niemi allowed three goals on 12 shots before being pulled in favor of Cristobal Huet, who finished the game by yielding two goals on 11 shots.

Comeau scored his second goal of the game and 11th of the season as he ripped a shot from the slot at 2:27 of the second period to tie the game at 2-2, then Sim scored just 25 seconds later on a wrist shot to gives the Islanders their first lead of the game on a nice across pass from Park.

"We lost a lot of momentum when they scored 3-2," said Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville. "We seemed to give up everything we had going in the first period."

Park doubled the Isles' edge at 7:06, and Comeau then completed his trifecta on a wrist shot with 17.3 seconds left in the second period. New York took a 5-2 lead to intermission.

Byfuglien drew Chicago within two on a power-play score with 4:17 left in regulation, and though Huet was on the bench for an extra skater with 2:07 to play, the Isles held firm.

The Blackhawks came out firing in the first period, out-shooting the Islanders 22-9. Kane took a shot that went off of Roloson that bounced out of the goalie's sight and Campbell poked in the rebound at 10:44 for the first goal of the game.

Comeau tied the game just with his first of the night and 10th of the season 1:32 later on a back-handed shot that went over the left shoulder of Niemi.

Chicago scored on the power play just over a minute after the Islanders tied the game at 1-1, as Kane took a wraparound of an errant Duncan Keith slapshot and tucked it under Roloson.