DENVER — Samuel Girard scored on a breakaway in overtime, and the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Nashville Predators 3-2 at Ball Arena on Monday.

Girard stole the puck from Brady Skjei in the Avalanche zone, drew a delayed penalty on his rush up the ice and scored on a wrist shot that beat Juuse Saros’ blocker at 2:46.

Devon Toews and Mikko Rantanen each 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.

Luke Evangelista and Colton Sissons each scored for the Predators (5-10-1), who have lost four of five. Saros made 29 saves.

Evangelista scored to make it 1-0 when he corralled a rebound at the top of the crease and put it past Georgiev’s pad at 1:45 of the first period.

Toews tied it 1-1 when his one-time slap shot from the point deflected in off the stick of Colton Sissons and the leg of Gustav Nyquist at 4:32 of the second period.

Rantanen made it 2-1 with a one-timer from the right face-off dot at 11:37 of the second.

Sissons tied it 2-2 when he received Roman Josi’s seam pass at the right side of the net and beat Georgiev 59 seconds into the third period.