THE GOOD
1. The Colorado Avalanche sit among the NHL point leaders, ranking sixth with 202 points so far this season.
2. Matt Duchene launched into December with the vigor he showed last month by scoring two goals in three games. And, as everyone already knows, the NHL named him as the third star of the month for November. Currently, Duchene ranks fourth among NHL scoring leaders with fourteen goals.
3. In their last four games, the Avalanche have only surrendered one goal in 10 penalty kills.
4. Semyon Varlamov showed flashes of finding his form early in the week and defended the net well against the Minnesota Wild.