St. Louis Blues goaltender Jaroslav Halak of Slovakia makes a stop on a puck shot by Columbus Blue Jackets Sean Collins in the third period.   UPI/Bill Greenblatt

St. Louis Blues goaltender Jaroslav Halak of Slovakia makes a stop on a puck shot by Columbus Blue Jackets Sean Collins in the third period. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

David Perron’s goal midway through the third period broke a 1-1 tie and the Blues to snapped a five-game winless skid on home ice with a 2-1 victory against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Scottrade Center.

Perron picked up his 11th point in the past 10 meetings against the Jackets as he finished a David Backes feed, beating Sergei Bobrovsky 9:51 into the third period.

Chris Stewart picked up his ninth point in eight games by opening the scoring, and Jaroslav Halak stopped 19 shots in his second game back from a groin injury as the Blues won at home for the first time since Jan. 27, snapping an 0-4-1 slide.

The Blues don’t play until Thursday when the 14-0-3 Chicago Blackhawks come calling.