David Perron scored 3:14 in overtime meaning that the St. Louis Blues beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-4 on Friday night.

''We have to get better, but it does give us that confidence to keep playing well,'' Tyler Bozak said of the Blues' league-high seven straight wins, which includes six in regulation time. ''A lot of games have been tight games, so finding ways to win those is also huge.''

Perron took advantage of a giveaway by Winnipeg forward Mark Scheifele. He went in alone and beat Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck for his 16th goal of the season. He also had an assist.

''There's many things that come to my head there,'' Perron said of his breakaway plans. ''Maybe a shot five-hole, maybe just a regular shot a little bit further out, and then I tend to go on the backhand a little bit and try and freeze him and go in the back and it worked out.''

Bozak scored twice, Alex Pietrangelo had a goal and assist and Justin Faulk also scored for the Blues (25-8-6). Jaden Schwartz contributed three assists and Brayden Schenn added a pair of assists.

Jordan Binnington stopped 25 shots for St. Louis.

Kyle Connor scored twice while Gabriel Bourque and Blake Wheeler added goals for the Jets (21-14-3). Patrik Laine collected a pair of assists.

Hellebuyck made 30 saves for Winnipeg, which has lost four of five (1-3-1).

With Hellebuyck pulled for an extra attacker, Wheeler tied the game 4-4 with 1:14 remaining in the third period after Nikolaj Ehlers sent a pass from behind the net out front.

''Just one of those games,'' Wheeler said. ''Good job by everyone staying in it. I thought we had a lot of real good players tonight. Came up short.''