Good, bad & ugly from Providence Bruins weekend

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It was a bumpy weekend for the Providence Bruins.

They earned only two of a possible six points, finishing with a pair of home losses in which they scored a total of just one goal.

Things started on a positive note with a solid 4-1 road win over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Saturday, but then went downhill at home with a 2-1 loss to the Hartford Wolf Pack on Sunday and a 2-0 loss to Bridgeport on Monday.

They’ve won just one of six games at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center.

Coach Jay Leach didn’t pull any punches after Monday’s loss.

“Worst game we’ve played all year, by far, from the drop of the puck. The most disappointing thing for me is they wanted it way more than we wanted it. If we were not aware of their desperation, we found out in the first three shifts of the game — and we didn’t respond,’’ he said.

“That’s where I’m disappointed. It was our first three in three (weekend) and we can go through all that stuff. I’d really rather not focus on any excuse. The facts are they wanted it more than we did and we’re going to have to learn from this and grow moving forward.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Brendan Gaunce scored a goal and added an assist in Bridgeport in his first game back from injury.

— The P-Bruins made a nifty three-way passing play for their first goal on Saturday night — Brendan Woods to Scott Conway to Joona Koppanen. Conway’s feed, in particular, was pretty.

— In his last three appearances, Max Lagace has stopped 98 of 101 shots for a .970 save percentage. Only two AHL goalies have more than his 6 wins.

— With 12 points in 15 games, Alex Petrovic leads all AHL defensemen in scoring.

— Providence has killed 36 penalties in a row. The PK, which was 31st in the league on Oct. 20, is now 10th at 86.5 percent.

— With 4-6-10 in 16 games, Jack Studnicka is fifth in the league in rookie scoring.

— With 6 goals on 23 shots, Peter Ceharik is scoring on 26.1 percent of his shots. Last season his shooting percentage was 10.5.

BAD

— Monday’s 2-0 loss to Bridgeport was the first time the P-Bruins have been blanked at home since Harri Sateri kicked out 30 shots in a 2-0 Springfield win on March 4, 2018.

— Providence has been shorthanded a league-high 74 times.

— Trent Frederic served an automatic one-game suspension after he instigated a fight with Bridgeport’s Kyle Burroughs in the last five minutes of Saturday’s game.

— The P-Bruins were outshot, 21-8, in the second period in Bridgeport.

UGLY

— With losses on Sunday and Monday, the P-Bruins are 1-4-0-1 at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. That’s the worst home record in the league.

— Injured: Anton Blidh, Dan Vladar, Brendan Woods, Jakub Lauko.

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