Blues drop 12th straight

ST. LOUIS -- Paul Kariya likes when the St. Louis Blues show up on the schedule for Nashville.

"For whatever reason, you have success against them one year, and we'll take the victories we've had against them this year," Kariya said.

Kariya scored his 28th goal and rookie Shea Weber got his first in the Predators seventh victory over the Blues this season, a 3-0 win Thursday night.

The Predators are perfect against the Blues with one game remaining between the Central Division foes.

Nashville has lost six of its last eight games with the two wins coming against the Blues.

The Blues have lost a franchise-record 12 straight games, and were shutout for the fifth time this season. Earlier this season, the Blues lost 11 in a row from Oct. 20 to Nov. 12, a streak that started and ended with road losses to Nashville.

"It's frustrating but we've put ourselves in this mess," St. Louis forward Keith Tkachuk said. "We know the situation we're in. We're not going to lay over. We've got to keep going. We've got to find a way out of this hole."

Nashville goalie Chris Mason recorded his first shutout of the season and second of his career.