ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Blues are sticking with goalie Jake Allen in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals Monday night against the San Jose Sharks.

It’s not a huge surprise considering how well the Blues played after the goalie switch prior to Game 4. They’re coming off perhaps their best game of the postseason, a convincing 6-3 victory that knotted the series at 2-2.

Coach Ken Hitchcock switched to Allen to give the team a “jolt” because it was becoming overly reliant on Brian Elliott. He didn’t care if it was viewed as a goalie controversy.

“We needed to play harder for a goalie,” Hitchcock said. “It didn’t matter if it was Ells or Jake or whatever.”

Hitchcock kept quiet about other potential roster issues, saying he’d have updates on captain David Backes and rookie Robby Fabbri on game day.

Both have been major reasons the Blues are in their first conference final since 2001, Fabbri with 14 points, and Backes with seven goals and 13 points.

Sharks Coach Peter DeBoer expects a bounce-back effort in Game 5 without making lineup changes.

“You know what, we’ve played some really good hockey in the last two or three weeks,” DeBoer said. “I think we can fix it without having to take those type of measures.”

But DeBoer added he’d “sleep on it.”

Allen and Elliott basically split duties during the regular season, each playing long stretches because the other was injured. Allen was ready when the call came and made 31 saves in Game 4.

“I’ve been sort of letting him do his thing the first three series,” Allen said. “Hitch told me to go get ’em. It’s my chance now.”

Allen started all six games in the Blues’ first-round loss to Minnesota last spring. He learned from that experience not to think he had to be extra special.

“I think I came in last year a little bit antsy,” Allen said. “I think this year we just realize it’s honestly another hockey game. Be yourself, play your game, what we’ve done all year will bring success.”

The Blues ended a scoreless drought of almost 157 minutes with two first-period goals in Game 4 and poured it on.

“We knew we had so much more in us to give,” Allen said.