The Colorado Avalanche are back to .500 and Samuel Girard came through as the hero.
The star defenseman stole the puck from a stumbling Brady Skjei, drew a penalty, and scored on a breakaway in overtime Monday night to send the Avalanche (8-8) home as winners in a 3-2 barnburner at Ball Arena.
Devon Toews and Mikko Rantanen each scored, and Girard also had an assist for the Avs, who have won two consecutive games and three of their last four. Furthermore, Nathan MacKinnon came through with an assist to extend his season-opening home point streak to 10 games (five goals, 17 assists).