Predators beat Blues 4-3

ST. LOUIS -- Shea Weber assisted on three of Nashville's four goals and the Predators held off the St. Louis Blues 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Marcel Goc, Patric Hornqvist, Joel Ward and J.P. Dumont all scored for the Predators, who are 24-6-3 against St. Louis since 2005-06.

The Blues, who got a goal and an assist from Alex Steen and goals from Carlo Colaiacovo and Andy McDonald, own the league's worst home record at 6-13-2. They've lost seven of their last eight at home.

Pekka Rinne stopped 24 shots for the Predators.

Colaiacovo gave the Blues a 1-0 lead 1:29 into the game, before Goc tied it at 5:04 of the first. Hornqvist made it 2-1 at 12:43.

The Blues were hit with three penalties totaling eight minutes in a span of 1:45 early in the second period and Ward made them pay with a 5-on-3 goal at 4:09.

Dumont made it 4-1 5:16 into the third after blowing past defenseman Darryl Sydor along the right side and sneaking a shot inside the near post past goalie Chris Mason, who stopped 26 shots.

The Blues made a charge with Steen's score at 9:08 of the third and McDonald got a power-play goal at 12:30.

Noteworthy

* Steen has three goals in two games and nine points in the last six games.

* Blues D Erik Johnson, the top overall pick of the 2006 draft, was a healthy scratch.

* Blues LW Paul Kariya missed the game with an upper-body injury. Kariya took an elbow to the head in the first period during Sunday's 5-3 loss to Buffalo.

* Predators RW Martin Erat has 10 goals in 13 games after beginning the season with four in 24 games. ... Nashville C Jason Arnott has 17 points in 20 games.