James Hagens cclebrates his first goal as a pro on Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

As they’ve done several times recently, the Providence Bruins won two out of three games this week.

They edged the Springfield Thunderbirds on the road, 2-1, on Wednesday. Back at home, they beat the Bridgeport Islanders, 6-4, on Saturday and then lost to Springfield, 4-2, on Sunday.

“(Springfield) played well. We weren’t emotionally involved early. That hurt us a little bit. Sometimes you’ve got to drag yourselves into it and talk yourselves into it. I just didn’t think we had that today,” said coach Ryan Mougenel after the loss.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Providence finished the weekend with a record of 49-14-1. They are in first place in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference with 99 points and a .773 points percentage.

— Riley Tufte is having his best year as a pro. He scored a goal in Springfield and then posted a hat trick and an assist against Bridgeport. He has 31-22-53 and is plus-27 in 57 games. He has the most goals by a P-Bruin since Frank Vatrano scored 36 in 2015-16.

— First rounder James Hagens played his first three games as a pro and the reviews were all positive. He scored his first goal with a power play rip on Saturday and made a nice play to set up a goal on Sunday.

“I don’t think anybody was particularly great (on Sunday), but I really liked 12’s (James Hagens) second and third period. I thought he was excellent, starting to feel it at little bit,” Mougenel said.

— Joey Abate scored a goal on Saturday and earned assists on Wednesday and Sunday. He has points in six straight games with 4-4-8 totals.

— Georgii Merkulov had a goal and an assist on Saturday and a goal on Sunday. He is tied with Tufte for the team lead in scoring with 21-32-53 in 62 games.

— Overshadowed by Tufte’s hat trick and Hagens’ first goal, Poitras turned in a strong game against Bridgeport with three primary assists. His totals for the season are 13-31-44 in 60 games.

— Christian Wolanin grabbed the puck for Hagens after the rookie scored his first pro goal. Wolanin, who has been a fabulous addition for the P-Bruins, posted two assists in the game.

— The Bruins stood up for Hagens. Navrin Mutter fought Springfield’s Wyatt Newpower after Newpower threw a hard hit on the Bruins rookie and every Bruin on the ice got involved in the scrum after Hagens was roughed up by Bridgeport’s Luke Rowe.

— After some good work in the neutral zone by linemates Abate and Riley Duran, Jake Schmaltz raced in and scored the game-winner in the third period in Springfield.

— For the second straight season, Providence went 11-1 against Bridgeport.

BAD

— Providence allowed two goals in 67 seconds in the first period against Bridgeport.

— Referees Damian Figueria and Austin O’Rourke flat-out blew the call when they disallowed a Providence goal for goalie interference in Springfield. There was no interference on the play.

— Providence is 25^th in the AHL in power play opportunities with 206.

— The PP went 0 for 6 on Sunday.

UGLY

— Injured: Frederic Brunet, Alexis Gendron, Dans Locmelis, Fabian Lysell

The Providence Bruins won two out of three games last week.

They started with a 6-3 loss on the road against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Wednesday. In Utica on Friday, they trailed 0-2 after one period before rebounding for a 4-3 victory over the Comets. Back home at the AMP on Saturday, Providence scored goals 30 seconds into the first period and 52 seconds into the third period on the way to a 5-2 win against Utica.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— As of Sunday, Providence was 47-13-1 and in first place by a mile in the Atlantic Division. They are 41 points ahead of last-place Hartford.

— The P-Bruins are closing in on their fourth 50-win season and fifth 100-point season in franchise history.

— Providence is eighth in the AHL in both power play (20.6 percent) and penalty kill (84.6 percent).

— Here’s a weird one: Providence’s road PP is best in the league at 26.8 percent, but at home it’s 29^th at 14.4 percent.

— With a goal on Saturday, Georgii Merkulov took over the team lead in scoring with 19-31-50 in 59 games. Said it before and I’ll keep on saying it, he deserved much more time than he got in Boston over the last couple of years.

— Joey Abate is on a roll with 4-4-8 in his last seven games. He had 1-1-2 on Wednesday and 2-0-2 on Friday. In the first minute of the game on Saturday, he won a wall battle, raced into the offensive zone and dished the puck to Jake Schmaltz for a goal.

— Matt Poitras continues to play a good two-way game. He scored a goal in Allentown, fed Abate some nice sauce for a goal in Utica, and made a slick pass to Merkulov for a goal on Saturday. He has 13-27-40 in 58 games.

— Riley Tufte’s strong season rolls on. After scoring twice on Saturday, he has a career-best 27 goals. For the year, he has 27-21-48 with a plus-27 in 54 games.

— Victor Soderstrom had himself a week with 1-2-3 on Friday and an assist on Saturday.

— Alexis Gendron’s two assists on Wednesday were his first points with Providence. He followed that up with a power-play goal on Friday.

— Riley Duran had a goal and a helper on Saturday.

BAD

— Giving up three goals in 3:05 in the second period, the P-Bruins ended up allowing a season-high six goals against Lehigh Valley.

UGLY

— Injured: Frederic Brunet, Dans Locmelis, Fabian Lysell

Ty Gallagher wore the fireman’s jacket after scoring a hat trick on First Responder’s Night on Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

The Providence Bruins took two out of three last week.

They beat the Springfield Thunderbirds in overtime, 3-2, on the road on Wednesday. Back home on Saturday, they obliterated the Hartford Wolf Pack, 7-0, before losing to the T-Birds, 4-3, at the AMP on Sunday.

“We should have won that game and it’s disappointing because that’s a team that we knew could come and bite us and they did,” coach Ryan Mougenel said after Sunday’s loss.

“It’s a lesson learned and it’s an important lesson as we go through this. Things that we value and that are important – winning the wall war – cost us the tying goal.

“I don’t like how fluffy we were in the offensive zone at all, just fluffy on the outside. When we play direct, we’re a real good team, but when we play on the outside, we’re not,” he said.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Providence slipped ahead of Grand Rapids for first overall in the AHL with a record of 45-12-1 for 91 points and a points percentage of .784. In the Atlantic Division, they lead second-place Wilkes-Barre/Scranton by nine points with two games in hand.

— The P-Bruins are 9-1 in overtime games and 3-0 in shootouts.

— New arrival Lukas Reichel provided an immediate injection of skill. In his Providence debut, he assisted on a goal and scored in overtime to win the game in Springfield, then put up three assists and was plus-four against Hartford.

— By the time Mike Callahan scored Providence’s fifth goal in the third period on Saturday, Hartford had only five shots on net. The shots were 33-7 for the P-Bruins midway through the third period.

— Michael DiPietro posted two more wins, raising his record to 28-6, and his second shutout. He continues to lead the league with a .936 save percentage and 1.80 save percentage.

— Ty Gallagher recorded a hat trick and had a fight in Saturday night’s game. He had two assists on Sunday.

— Six of Providence’s seven goals on Saturday were by defensemen. Three by Gallagher, two by Victor Soderstrom and one by Mike Callahan.

— Matej Blumel had a goal and an assist on Saturday and two goals on Sunday. He has 17-26-43 and plus-20 in 44 games.

— Matt Poitras had two assists and was plus-four on Saturday and scored Providence’s first goal on Sunday.

BAD

— Fabian Lysell picked a fight with Hartford’s Jackson Dorrington near the end of Saturday’s 7-0 blowout. It was a dumb idea. Not only was he embarrassed in the fight, he came out of it with an injury.

— The P-Bruins were penalized for too many men not once but twice in Wednesday’s game.

— Providence hasn’t let many third period leads slip away but it happened on Sunday. They led 2-1 with 10 minutes left, but lost, 4-3.   

UGLY

— Injured : Dans Locmelis, Fabian Lysell

An impressive number of teddy bears and assorted stuffed animals were collected at Sunday’s Teddy Bear Toss.

The Providence Bruins won two of their three games this week.

They scored a late goal to beat the Hartford Wolf Pack, 3-2, on the road on Wednesday. They lost, 4-1, to the Bridgeport Islanders in Connecticut on Saturday, after beating Bridgeport in their first 10 meetings this season. At home on Sunday, Providence squandered a third period lead before scoring a late goal to beat the Hershey Bears, 5-4.

“Those mistakes can’t happen, but they’re going to happen. It’s how you respond,” coach Ryan Mougenel said after Sunday’s game. “I liked the fact that some of the guys that made that mistake on the game-tying goal went out and got our game-tying goal. That says a lot.

“We’re not a team that can trade chances. We’re not built like that. We get chances out of how we defend and we defend first. That’s important.”

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— The P-Bruins finished the weekend in first place in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference with a record of 43-11-1 for 87 points and a .791 points percentage. They are eight points ahead of second-place Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in the Atlantic with two games in hand.

— They are 22-6 at home and 21-5-1 on the road.

— Even though the regular season doesn’t end until April 18, Providence clinched a place in the Calder Cup playoffs when Springfield lost to Iowa, 2-1, on Saturday. It will be the 12^th straight season in the playoffs for the P-Bruins, the longest active streak in the AHL.

— Sunday’s win was another of what I’ve been calling the team’s refuse-to-lose games. Providence blew a two-goal lead and then a one-goal lead in the third period and the outlook was grim before Jake Schmaltz and Riley Tufte scored 2:02 apart and the P-Bruins walked away with the victory.

— It was a good week for Matt Poitras. He scored the GWG with 1:49 left on Wednesday. He dished the puck to Tufte for the winner on Sunday and was credited with the primary helper on Christian Wolanin’s power-play goal in the first period. He also played a very physical game on Sunday, handing out several thumping body checks.

— Joey Abate made a nice move to beat a Hershey defenseman, score the first goal of the game and get the Teddy Bear Toss festivities out of the way early in the first period on Sunday.

— Michael DiPietro was brilliant in Hartford, stopping 39 shots and leaving the Wolf Pack shaking their heads in disbelief after several saves. He was credited with an assist on Joey Abate’s goal on Sunday, his second helper of the season. He leads the league with 26 wins.

— Riley Tufte continues to put pucks in the net. After scoring goals in all three games last week, he’s up to a career-high 25 tucks in 48 games. He is tied for the league lead with six game-winning goals.

— Playing wing for the first time this season, Jake Schmaltz went to the blue paint and scored the game-tying goal in the third period on Sunday.

— The P-Bruins trailed by two goals halfway through the game in Hartford before rallying for a 3-2 win.

— Providence signed Christopher Brown, Patrick Brown’s younger brother, to a PTO. The two had never played on the same team as pros. Though they played on different lines on Sunday, stick taps for the coaching staff for putting them in the starting lineup.

BAD

— Epic fail by FloHockey and the Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport for not being able to provide a stream of Saturday night’s game between and Bruins and Islanders. I’m not commenting here on anything that happened in that game because I don’t know what the hell happened since I wasn’t able to watch any of it.

— Providence ended up with a win on Sunday, but not before blowing a two-goal lead by giving up three goals in nine minutes in the third period.

UGLY

— Injured: Dans Locmelis, Simon Zajicek

Riley Duran goes to his backhand to finish of a nifty shorthanded breakaway goal on Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins.)

After losing two in a row last weekend, the Providence Bruins got back on track by winning all three of their games this week.

They returned from a trip to Pennsylvania with a 6-4 win over the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Wednesday. Back at home, they dug deep to rally from two goals down in the third period and beat the Bridgeport Islanders in a shootout, 4-3, on Saturday and posted a 3-2 victory against the Islanders again on Sunday.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Providence is 41-10-1 and is first in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference with 83 points and a .798 points percentage. They are five points ahead of second-place Wilkes-Barre/Scranton with three games in hand.

— Matej Blumel, Riley Tufte and Patrick Brown combined for one of the more flashy goals of the season against Lehigh Valley. In the offensive zone, Blumel tossed the puck to Tufte, who batted it out of the air to Brown, who bunted it into the net for Providence’s fourth goal of the game. The goal made ESPN’s SportsCenter Top 10. On the ensuing faceoff at center ice, a Phantoms player turned to a Bruin and said, “So you guys are the Globetrotters now?”

— Brown scored twice against the Phantoms. His plus-34 continues to lead the league.

— Billy Sweezey’s plus-28 is second in the AHL. He threw a number of punishing hits on Saturday night.

— Ty Gallagher had a strong week. In addition to defending well, he posted an assist on Wednesday, a goal and an assist on Saturday and two assists on Sunday. He’s making good strides in his first full year as a pro.

— Georgii Merkulov set up Providence’s first goal on Wednesday, then scored its second, too.

— Blumel had a goal and two assists against Lehigh Valley. He also scored goals on Saturday and Sunday. He has 4-7-11 in his last eight games.

— A pretty pass by Frederic Brunet set up Joey Abate’s goal on Wednesday.

— Riley Tufte’s shootout goal clinched Saturday’s victory. His plus-26 is tied for fourth in the AHL.

— Michael DiPietro stopped all three Bridgeport shooters in Saturday’s shootout win. On Sunday he kicked out 37 of 39 shots. He’s tied for the AHL lead with 24 wins. His .937 save percentage and 1.78 goals-against average are No. 1 in the league.

— Riley Duran scored a highlight reel shorthanded goal in Sunday’s win.

— With Providence protecting a one-goal lead late on Sunday, John Farinacci and Brett Harrison came through with key shot blocks.

— The P-Bruins are 10-0 against Bridgeport.

— Sweezey, Mike Callahan, Jake Schmaltz and John Farinacci were standouts in killing a penalty in overtime on Saturday.

BAD

— Providence allowed two goals in 1:29 in the third period against the Phantoms as their 4-1 lead was cut to 4-3.

— Two words to describe the interference penalty that referee Damian Figueira whistled on Patrick Brown in OT on Saturday: Holy crap.

— The P-Bruins were outshot 12-1 in the first 15 minutes of Sunday’s game.

— Providence’s home power play is 25^th in the league at 14.9 percent. Strangely, on the road, the PP is a league-best 28.2 percent.

UGLY

— Injured: Simon Zajicek, Dans Locmelis

— The bus arrived back from Lehigh Valley at 3:45 a.m. on Thursday.

Providence’s Dalton Bancroft and Belleville’s Djibril Touré had a spirited bout on Friday night. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

The Providence Bruins haven’t had many – or any — weekends like this one so far this season.

After winning a franchise record 13^th game in a row, 5-2, against Belleville on Friday, the P-Bruins lost in Springfield, 3-2, on Saturday, then got off to a bad start and dropped a 5-2 decision to last-place Hartford at the AMP on Sunday. 

 Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Providence finished the weekend in first place in the Atlantic Division with a record of 38-10-1 and 77 points. They are two points ahead of second-place Wilkes-Barre/Scranton with four games in hand.

— Brett Harrison scored twice against Belleville, including one in the opening 27 seconds of the first period.

— Georgii Merkulov had two assists on Friday and one on Sunday.

— Matej Blumel had a goal and an assist against Belleville and two assists against Springfield.

— Patrick Brown had an assist on Saturday and a goal on Sunday.

— With scores against Belleville and Springfield, Riley Tufte is up to 22 goals. Only eight players in the AHL have more goals than he does.

— Providence scored twice in 24 seconds in the last minute of the second period against Belleville.

— Mike DiPietro stopped Belleville’s Lassi Thomson on a penalty shot on Friday.

— The P-Bruins are second in the league on the penalty kill at 85.4 percent.

BAD

— Fabian Lysell’s careless turnover against Belleville led directly to a shorthanded goal for the Senators on Friday night. Lysell has been held without a point in nine of his last 10 games. He didn’t have a shot on goal on either Saturday or Sunday.

— Providence was outshot, 19-5, in the second period in Springfield and gave up three goals, including two in 38 seconds.

— Mike DiPietro, the AHL’s top goalie, had a difficult first period on Sunday, allowing three goals on 12 shots.

— The P-Bruins lost two in a row for the first time this season.

UGLY

— Injured: Simon Zajicek 

After a few days off for the AHL All-Star break, the Providence Bruins jumped back into action with a pair of wins.

They beat the Bridgeport Islanders, 4-2, on the road on Saturday, then beat them again at home on Sunday, 3-2, in overtime.

Coach Ryan Mougenel called Saturday’s game one of his team’s best all season.

Sunday was a different story

“We weren’t good today. That’s going to happen. It was probably the worst I’ve seen us play in the third period. We found a way,” he said.

Providence has won 12 games in a row, tying a franchise record. They’ve gone 16-2 since the calendar turned to 2026.

“It’s a real good group and our veterans and our back end really make it go. Defensively we’ve been real strong.

“A lot of the credit goes to the leaders of this group. Sweezey’s been outstanding, Callahan, Brunet, Wolanin, all the D,” Mougenel said.

All three of the goalies – DiPietro, Cavallin and Zajicek – “have been amazing.”

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Providence is 8-0 against Bridgeport this season after going 11-1 last season.

— The biggest positive from Providence’s season to this point just might be the continued development of Frederic Brunet. He fired in what turned out to be the game-winner in Saturday’s game and scored in OT on Sunday. Brunet has 10-16-26 in 46 games so far. He has already surpassed his numbers from last season, when he had 5-20-25 in 69 games.

— John Farinacci received a nice break on Saturday when Bridgeport’s Marshall Warren, trying to clear the puck, accidently rifled it into the top corner of his own net. Farinacci was the last Bruin to touch the puck so he was credited with the goal.

— You won’t see better execution on a three-on-one than the P-Bruins pulled off for the OT goal on Sunday.

— From 195 feet away, Riley Tufte scored his team-leading 20^th goal into an empty net, and added an assist, on Saturday night.

— Fabian Lysell scored a goal and added an assist on Sunday. It was his ninth multi-point game of the season.

— Christian Wolanin scored goals in both games this weekend.

— Sunday’s game drew 10,038 fans.

BAD

— Luke Cavallin was victimized by tough bounces on both Bridgeport goals on Saturday.

— Bridgeport outshot Providence, 18-1, in the third period on Sunday.

— The P-Bruins allowed Bridgeport to tie the game with 2:01 left in the third period on Sunday.

UGLY

— Injured: Simon Zajicek

The Providence Bruins roared into the AHL All-Star break on a 10-game winning streak.

They started the week with a 2-1 win at Bridgeport. At home on Friday, they beat Hartford, 3-1. The next night on the road they edged the Wolf Pack in a shootout, 2-1.

The P-Bruins are in first place in the Atlantic Division with a record of 35-8-1-0 and 71 points.

They are three points ahead of second-place Scranton/Wilkes-Barre with four games in hand.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Georgii Merkulov had a strong week, starting with a primary assist on a power play goal in Bridgeport. He scored twice in Friday’s win. He recorded assist on Saturday before scoring the only goal in shootout. He is second on the team in scoring with 16-20-36 in 42 games.

— Back in Providence after a short but positive stay with Boston, Matt Poitras made a good pass to set up a Merkulov goal and added another assist in Friday’s win.

— Brett Harrison had an assist on Friday, then scored a goal on Saturday at the end of well-executed power play.

— Mike DiPietro stopped 36 of 37 shots on Wednesday and 28 of 29 on Friday. As he heads to the All-Star Game in Rockford, he continues to lead the league with a .943 save percentage and 1.62 goals-against average. He is tied for the AHL lead with 20 wins.

— Luke Cavallin stopped 25 of 26 shots plus three more in the shootout in improving his record to 4-0 with Saturday’s win.

— Christian Wolanin had a productive week. Had scored a power-play goal in Bridgeport and added assists on Friday and Saturday.

— Frederic Brunet scored his eighth goal of the season on Friday.

— Stick tap for Riley Tufte, who came to Brunet’s defense after the Providence defenseman took a big hit in Hartford on Saturday. Tufte scored his team-leading 19^th goal in Bridgeport. It was his 200^th AHL point. His plus-23 is tied for fifth in the AHL.

— Patrick Brown’s plus-28 leads the league and Billy Sweezey’s plus-26 is second.

— Providence’s 84.8 percent penalty kill is second in the AHL. The power play is seventh at 22.2 percent.

BAD

— Once referees Mathieu Menniti and Johnny Daniels whistled Hartford for too many men in overtime on Saturday, it was laughably predictable that a makeup call against Providence was coming. Sure enough, the P-Bruins were called for too many men 73 seconds later.

UGLY

— Let’s be real. They’ve won 10 in a row. They’re in first place. If they’re not the best team in the league, they’re a close second. There’s really not much ugly to be found this week.

— Injured: Simon Zajicek

After a pair of wins in Charlotte over the weekend, the Providence Bruins finished with an 11-2 record in January.

They beat the Checkers by scores of 4-1 on Saturday and 3-0 on Sunday in a game that was closed to the public because of bad weather in North Carolina.

With seven straight wins, the P-Bruins are in first place in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference with a record of 32-8-1-0 for 65 points and a .793 points percentage. They are three points ahead of second-place Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in the Atlantic with four games in hand.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— It was a weekend to remember for Georgii Merkulov. With an assist on a goal by Dans Locmelis on Saturday, Merkulov tied Andy Hilbert for the most points in franchise history with 210. He broke the record with a helper on a goal by Victor Soderstrom on Sunday. Locmelis grabbed the keepsake puck out of the Charlotte net for Merkulov after the goal. Merkulov has 84-127-211 in 240 games with the P-Bruins.

— Providence is 25-1 when scoring first. They are 25-0 when leading after two periods and 18-0 when leading after one period.

— They are 16-5 at home and 16-3-1-0 on the road.

— With his goal on Saturday, Locmelis is second on the team with 15 goals as he leaves this week to play for Latvia in the Olympics.  

— Riley Tufte scored twice and added an assist in Saturday’s win. He leads the team with 18 goals in 34 games.

— Mike DiPietro was outstanding in stopping 19 of 20 shots on Saturday. When Simon Zajicek apparently reinjured himself and left the game after a period on Sunday, DiPietro stepped in and stopped all 24 shots he faced. He continues to lead the AHL with a .940 save percentage and 1.67 goals-against average.

— Matej Blumel scored twice in Sunday’s win. His first goal was a net-front tip. On the second he kicked the puck to Riley Duran near the blue line and then went to the net and buried a beautiful backhand pass from Duran for the score.

— Stick tap for Mike Callahan for coming to the defense of captain Patrick Brown after Brown took a hit from Charlotte’s MacKenzie Entwhistle in the third period on Sunday.

— After missing several games with an injury, Victor Soderstrom had a productive weekend with an assist on Saturday and a goal and a helper on Sunday.

BAD

— The first four penalties in Saturday’s game went against Providence. When they finally did get a power play 47 minutes into the game, they allowed Charlotte to score a shorthanded goal.

— Six of Providence’s next 13 games are against Bridgeport. No knock on the Islanders, but that’s a lot of games against the same team in a relatively short time.

UGLY

— Injured: Simon Zajicek

Riley Tufte takes the puck to the net against Belleville. He scored his team-leading16th goal in Bridgeport on Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

The Providence Bruins won all three of their games over the weekend.

Two of the games went to overtime and the other was decided in a shootout.

The weekend started with a 2-1 OT win over the Belleville Senators at the AMP. The P-Bruins traveled to Bridgeport on Saturday and came home with a 4-3 shootout victory over the Islanders. Back home on Sunday, Providence beat the Toronto Marlies in OT, 4-3.

Providence finished the weekend in first place in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference with a record of 30-8-1-0 and 61 points. They are three points ahead of the second-place Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins with four games in hand.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Down from Boston on a conditioning loan, Jordan Harris scored the winner in OT on Sunday. He also earned an assist on Providence’s OT goal on Friday.

— Fabian Lysell scored the winner in OT on Friday as he and Dans Locmelis worked a slick give and go. Lysell, who has four game-winning goals, also was credited with a helper on Friday. He opened the scoring with a goal on Sunday. With 14 goals, he is tied for second on the team with Patrick Brown, Locmelis and Georgii Merkulov.

— Merkulov had a goal and an assist in Sunday’s game. With 209 points, he is now second all-time in Providence Bruins scoring behind Andy Hilbert, who has 210.

— Matt Poitras had a strong weekend as he scored goals on Friday and Sunday. He had an assist on Sunday, too.

— Michael DiPietro recorded two more wins, beating Belleville and Toronto. He was credited with an assist on the OT goal by Jordan Harris on Sunday. His .938 save percentage and 1.76 goals-against average are best in the AHL.

— John Farinacci scored the only goal in the shootout win on Saturday. On Sunday, he put a perfect pass on Lysell’s stick for Providence’s first goal.

— Luke Cavallin stopped 26 shots on Saturday night in improving his record to 3-0 with a .931 save percentage. He denied all three Bridgeport shooters in the shootout.

— Christian Wolanin had two assists in Bridgeport.

— Off a nice setup by Joey Abate, Dalton Bancroft scored his first goal of the season on Saturday night.

— Frederic Brunet continues to string together strong games. He was a standout in Bridgeport.

BAD

— The P-Bruins were outshot 17-9 in the first period on Sunday.

— Providence was called for too many men in overtime on Saturday. Lysell jumped off the bench too soon.

— In the shootout in Bridgeport, Merkulov lost his chance when he overskated the puck at center ice, much like Brad Marchand did in a Boston game against Philadelphia in January 2020.

— Thirty-six seconds after taking a 3-2 lead in the third period on Saturday, Providence allowed Bridgeport to tie the game.

UGLY

— Injured: Victor Soderstrom, Ty Gallagher, Simon Zajicek