Anthony Richard barrels to the net against Bridgeport. He scored a goal and an assist on Friday and two goals on Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

Since an ugly loss in Hartford on the night before Thanksgiving, the Providence Bruins have ripped off five straight wins.

They earned six out of six points over the weekend by winning all three of their games.

On Friday, Providence scored five goals in the second period on the way to a 6-3 home win over the Bridgeport Islanders. One night later, the P-Bruins came from behind in the third period for a 4-3 victory at Bridgeport. They finished the weekend with a gritty 3-2 win at home over the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.

The buy-in on Sunday, in the team’s third game in less than 72 hours, was impressive.

“I think it was contagious. You’re starting to see a team grow an identity and it’s those little things that are so important in winning games. Maybe two weeks ago we don’t win a game like that,” said coach Ryan Mougenel.

“The buy-in’s been amazing. There’s been a lot of good things, a lot of good teaching moments. Listen, it hasn’t been easy. It’s been the hardest, probably, we’ve been on the guys in the last two weeks. It’s great to see them respond the way they did. They played winning hockey this weekend.”

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Providence was near the bottom in the Atlantic Division just a few weeks ago, but they finished the weekend in third place with a record of 11-8-1-2 and 25 points.

— It was a very strong first weekend for Patrick Brown. He scored a goal on Friday, his clean win on an offensive zone draw led to the game-winner on Saturday and he was good on the penalty kill in all three games.

— Parker Wotherspoon had a goal and an assist on Friday and two assists on Saturday.

— Alec Regula had two assists on Friday and a goal and a helper on Sunday. His plus-13 is tied for second in the AHL.

— Anthony Richard had his best weekend of the season with a goal and an assist on Friday and two goals on Saturday.

— Justin Brazeau had two assists on Friday and scored goals on Saturday and Sunday. He leads the team with seven goals.

— From his knees, Brett Harrison scored his first pro goal on Friday and added a goal and an assist on Saturday. Nothing fancy or flashy, just hard-working goals scored from close range.

— They received solid goaltending from Mikey DiPietro and Brandon Bussi in the three weekend wins.

— They scored five goals on nine shots on Bridgeport’s Jakub Skarek in the second period on Friday.

— Vincent Arseneau came out of the penalty box and gave the team a lift by scoring a goal off the rush in the first period on Sunday.

— Joey Abate provided a spark with an early fight on Friday and late in the game engaged Bridgeport’s Seth Helgeson in a bout after the Islander captain threw a hard hit on Mason Lohrei.

BAD

— The P-Bruins lead the league in power play opportunities with 101, but the power play is 25^th at 14.9 percent.

— Referee Justin Kea had to dig deep to find the hooking penalty he called on Anthony Richard with 30 seconds left in Saturday’s game. Just a terrible call. And this guy works NHL games!

— Providence will play 10 of its next 12 games on the road.

UGLY

— The penalty kill is the worst in the league at 73.4 percent. Providence gave up a power play goal in each of this weekend’s games.

— Injured: Fabian Lysell, Reilly Walsh