Ian Mitchell and Fabian Lysell celebrate Mitchell’s overtime goal in Friday night’s come-from-behind win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

No Brandon Bussi and Georgii Merkulov? No problem.

Even without two of their top players, the Providence Bruins continued to play good hockey over the weekend as they earned five out of six points.

They started with a come-from-behind 3-2 overtime victory over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at home on Friday night. It was Providence’s sixth straight win.

In Hartford on Saturday, the P-Bruins came away with a point after losing to the Wolf Pack in overtime, 3-2. Back home on Sunday, Providence beat the Bridgeport Islanders, 2-0.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Two games past the midpoint of the season, Providence is 21-12-3-2. After struggling early in the year, they are in second place in the Atlantic Division and third in the Eastern Conference.

— Anthony Richard’s speed and offensive production make him a good callup option for Boston. He recorded two assists on Friday and one on Saturday, then scored an empty-net goal on Sunday. He has points in six straight games and 10-7-17 in his last 10 games. Richard is tenth in the league in scoring with 15-17-32 in 34 games.

— Both home games drew good crowds — 8,132 on Friday night and 9,086 on Sunday afternoon.

— Mikey DiPietro earned the win against the Penguins with 22 saves, then stopped all 21 shots against the Islanders for his third shutout of the year. He is 9-2 in his last 11 starts.

— Luke Toporowski snapped a 19-game goal drought with a score that turned out to be the winner on Sunday.

— Providence was down by two goals halfway through the third period against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton before tying the game and winning in overtime.

— Reilly Walsh displayed some fancy footwork on Friday, keeping the puck in at the blueline then dodging a Penguins player, moving in and beating the goalie with a wrister.

— Every day after practice, Justin Brazeau works on net-front tips. It paid off against the Penguins as he deflected in the game-tying goal with 1:25 left.

— Patrick Brown slowed the pace and then put the puck on the tape of Ian Mitchell, who fired home the GWG in OT on Friday.

— Providence is making hay against last-place Bridgeport with a 6-1 record against the Islanders so far.

— John Farinacci had assists on both goals on Sunday.

— The P-Bruins are outscoring opponents in the second period, 44-29.

— Vincent Arseneau and 6-foot-7 Matt Rempe of Hartford went at it in a heavyweight tilt on Saturday night. Both players landed bombs with Arseneau’s last punch sending Rempe to the ice. Arseneau earned the decision on my scorecard.

— Jayson Megna scored a pretty goal in Hartford on the power play, dangling a pair of defenders and then beating the goalie.

BAD

— Word is the ice at Hartford’s XL Center was in rough shape for Saturday night’s game. UConn and Maine played a Hockey East game in the building just a few hours before the Bruins-Wolf Pack contest.

— The power-play continues to languish at home. It’s 29^th in the league at 12.5 percent.

— The P-Bruins had a one-goal lead with under 10 minutes left in Hartford before allowing the tying goal and then losing in OT. Before that, they’d been 14-1-3-0 when leading after two periods.

— Providence is 1-7-0-1 when trailing after two periods.

 UGLY

— Injured: Georgii Merkulov (day to day)