Predators go perfect 8-for-8 against Blues

~ Nashville swept the season series with a 2-0 victory.

ST. LOUIS -- With Tomas Vokoun out, Chris Mason wanted to play well to put his teammates at ease.

The backup goalie made 27 saves for his third career shutout and the Nashville Predators beat St. Louis 2-0 on Tuesday night.

The Predators announced on Monday that Vokoun would miss the remainder of the season and postseason because of a blood condition. Vokoun has 36 wins and a 2.67 goals-against average.

"It means a lot," Mason said. "We as a team knew before last game [about Vokoun]. But still, it's important for me to have the confidence of our team. They've been playing awesome in front of me since they found out."

With the win, the Predators reached a couple of milestones. Nashville completed a season sweep of the Blues and reached 100 points for the first time in franchise history.

"That's a pretty big number," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said of the point total. "That's a number that shows a team definitely has had a good year."

Mason, who shut out the Blues for the second time in five days at the Savvis Center, said Nashville owed the Blues from when St. Louis would dominate the expansion Predators.

"I mean, in years past, St. Louis always abused us," Mason said. "It's kind of unheard of to sweep, but they beat us up in years past."

Mike Sillinger and Adam Hall scored for Nashville, 8-0 against St. Louis this season.