Johnny Beecher looks to make a play against Springfield. He scored twice in Friday night’s game. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

The Providence Bruins started the weekend with a solid 4-2 win against the Springfield Thunderbirds at the Amica Mutual Pavilion on Friday and finished it with a 5-2 home loss (two empty netters) to the Hartford Wolf Pack on Sunday.

Lately, the P-Bruins had been money on Sundays, winning their previous six in a row on that day. But against Hartford they fell behind by two goals in the second period – a period they usually dominate, outscoring opponents, 65-41 — and couldn’t catch up. The loss snapped a five-game winning streak.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— With a record of 34-16-3-2, the P-Bruins finished the weekend in second place in the Atlantic Division and in the Eastern Conference, trailing only the runaway train that is the Hershey Bears. With 17 games left, Providence leads third-place Wilkes-Barre/Scranton by nine points in the Atlantic.

— The P-Bruins are tied with the Cleveland Monsters for most goals in the AHL with 186.

— After earning an assist on Providence’s first score, Anthony Richard scored a brilliant goal for his 20th of the season on Sunday. Entering the zone (maybe it was offside and maybe it wasn’t), he turned on the jets, knifed between two Hartford defensemen and beat goalie Dylan Garand. It’s the third time he’s reached the 20-goal mark in the AHL.

— Playing on the wing, Johnny Beecher scored twice in just over two minutes in the third period on Friday night, snapping a 12-game goal-less streak. Patrick Brown assisted on both goals. “It was really nice to see,” said coach Ryan Mougenel. “It looked like (Beecher) was having a little bit of fun.”

— With Trevor Kuntar scoring twice, the physical fourth line of Vinny Arseneau, Kuntar and Joey Abate had a strong performance in Friday’s win. “One thing that fourth line does is put a lot of anxiety on D because they finish their routes,” said Mougenel.

— Ian Mitchell did a good job finding a shooting lane on his goal on Sunday.

BAD

— There’s a lot to like about the way Trevor Kuntar plays the game, but he leads all AHL rookies in minor penalties with 29.

— Providence has been outshot in the third period, 572-494.

— No doubt this is nit-picking considering where the P-Bruins are in the standings, but they have a 1-6-0-1 record when trailing after two periods.

UGLY

— The P-Bruins gave up a goal just 43 seconds into the first period on Sunday and another only 1:58 into the second period. On Friday night, they allowed a goal at 2:40 of the third period.

Trevor Kuntar gets ready to celebrate after tucking the puck past Malcolm Subban for Providence’s first goal on Friday night. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)