Jackets score 4 in 3rd, blank Predators (AP)

Steve Mason made 20 saves for his 18th NHL shutout and Rick Nash scored two of Columbus' four third-period goals to lift the Blue Jackets to a 4-0 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night. Nash, Matt Calvert and Antoine Vermette scored in a 8:38 span early in the third to help the Blue Jackets move within two points of eighth place in the Western Conference.