(In honor of the holidays, Santa Clause forwarded his very own list to The Good, The Bad and The Ugly for this week. Not wanting to end up on the Naughty list, he got his wish.)
NICE
1. The Colorado Avalanche are on a five game win streak, own an NHL best 8-2 record for December and have a winning record for the first time this season (17-16-1). They also own a 7-2 record against their fellow Central Division rivals. Among all NHL teams, Colorado ranks 11th in wins and eighth in points.