Blues' Elliott records his third consecutive shutou

ST. LOUIS -- Brian Elliott made 24 saves for his third consecutive shutout and Jamie Langenbrunner broke a scoreless tie in the second period to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 3-0 win over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.

St. Louis, which improved to 30-4-4 at home, has an NHL-leading 105 points -- two ahead of the New York Rangers in the battle for the President's Trophy. St. Louis leads Vancouver by four points in the Western Conference standings.

Elliott improved to 23-9-3 with his league-leading ninth shutout. He has not allowed a goal in a franchise-record 186 minutes, 33 seconds, eclipsing the old mark of 186:15 set by Manny Legace from Dec.28, 2007 to Jan. 28, 2008.

Nashville, which needs one point to earn a playoff spot, snapped a two-game winning streak.

David Perron and T.J. Oshie added goals in the third period for the Blues. Perron scored his 17th of the season at 4:47, and Oshie got his 19th to make it 3-0 with 4 minutes to go.

Oshie also assisted on Perron's goal, and David Backes added two assists.

Langenbrunner scored his sixth goal at 6:35 off a drop pass from Jason Arnott. Langenbrunner snapped a shot past Pekka Rinne, who fell to 41-17-8. Rinne had stopped 48 of 50 shots in winning his last two starts.

Elliott made 20 saves over the first two periods, including stopping Alexander Radulov from close range in the first. Elliott has not given up a goal since Carolina's Jeff Skinner scored with 2:38 left in the third period of a 2-0 loss March 15.

The Predators were without leading scorer Martin Erat, who missed his second game in a row with an upper-body injury. Winger Jordin Tootoo, injured in a fight with Chicago winger Brandon Bollig on Sunday, also missed the contest.

Noteworrthy

* St. Louis has allowed two or fewer goals in 22 of 28 games since the All-Star break.

* The Blues have points in nine of their last 11 games against Nashville.

* Elliott and Jaroslav Halak have combined for a franchise-record 15 shutouts this season.