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.

He got his wish Monday night. Samuel Girard and Devon Toews both scored their first goals of the season in a 3-2 overtime victory against the Nashville Predators at Ball Arena. Sam Malinski also added his first of the season two nights ago in a win against the Carolina Hurricanes.

The Nashville Predators grinded out a point to open their first West Coast road trip of the season. The Predators lost to the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in overtime Monday at Ball Arena in Denver. Samuel Girard took advantage of a Brady Skjei turnover to beat ...

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.

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.

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