Luke Evangelista and Colton Sissons scored for the Nashville Predators, who lost to the Colorado Avalanche in overtime.

Devon Toews and Mikko Rantanen scored, and Girard also had an assist for the Avalanche (8-8-0), who have won two straight and three of four. Nathan MacKinnon had an assist to extend his season-opening home point streak to 10 games (five goals, 17 assists), and Alexandar Georgiev made 29 saves.

Samuel Girard stole the puck and scored his first goal of the season on a breakaway 2:47 into overtime as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 3-2.

DENVER — Samuel Girard scored on a breakaway in overtime Monday night to help the Colorado Avalanche hold off the Nashville Predators in a 3-2 win at Ball Arena. Girard took the puck from a stumbling Brady Skjei, drew a penalty and skated in to score ...

Samuel Girard scored at 2:47 of overtime, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 in Denver on Monday night.

Sissons and Luke Evangelista were the goal scorers for the Predators, who settled for a point in the OT loss and moved to 5-9-2 on the season. Juuse Saros turned aside 29 shots for a .906 save percentage. *Tommy Novak missed his third straight game and remains day-to-day with an upper-body injury.