"I thought we played a good game. We battled hard," Calvert said. "But it comes down to playing a full 60 (minutes) and I'm not sure we did that."

Blue Jackets coach Todd Richards agreed.

"We defended pretty well," he said. "But maybe we have to dig a little harder in the offensive zone."

St. Louis now has four days off before playing host to red-hot Chicago on Thursday.

NOTES: The Blue Jackets will conclude a season-high six-game road trip Sunday in Chicago. They return home to face Dallas on Tuesday. That will begin a string of 10 home dates in 12 games. .... Columbus winger Jared Boll leads the NHL with seven fighting majors. ... Halak is 16-1-1 in his last 18 regular-season home starts. His only regulation loss was a 5-2 setback to Columbus on March 31, 2012. ...Columbus winger Vinny Prospal has 249 career goals. ... The Blue Jackets have scored just 11 first-period goals in 19 games. .... Shattenkirk posted his team-high 14th assist on Stewart's first-period goal. ... Columbus defenseman Jack Johnson suffered an upper-body injury late in the first period and did not return.