Brett Harrison lugs a big stuffed animal off the ice after Sunday’s Teddy Bear Toss. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

It was an “all’s well that ends well” weekend for the Providence Bruins.

They started with a poor performance in a 7-4 road loss against the Hartford Wolf Pack on Friday night, their second straight defeat. But they rebounded with a good effort in a 5-0 win at home on Sunday against the Springfield Thunderbirds.

“The guys did a good job responding. It says a lot about the group, for sure,” said coach Ryan Mougenel. “Our leaders led us today. (Patrick) Brown, (Jayson) Megna, (Dan) Renouf. And then (Brandon) Bussi. He was excellent for us.”

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Springfield had some great chances, but Brandon Bussi stopped all 36 T-Bird shots for his first shutout of the season on Sunday.

— Providence finished the weekend in second place in the Atlantic Division with a 35-17-3-2 record. With 15 games left in the regular season, the P-Bruins are nine points ahead of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Hartford.

— Johnny Beecher played one of his better games of the year on Sunday. He was around it all day, setting up Joey Abate for a goal and then converting a pass from Abate for a goal of his own.

— The power play went 3 for 5 on Friday and 1 for 3 on Sunday.

— Jayson Megna got the P-Bruins off on the right foot with a shorthanded goal on a breakaway in the first period against the T-Birds and set up Georgii Merkulov’s power play goal in the final minute of the game.

— Providence is tied for the league lead with 13 shorthanded goals.

— Defense partners Alec Regula and Dan Renouf were plus-three on Sunday. Regula leads the league with plus-37 and Renouf is tied for third with plus-27.

— Patrick Brown scored twice on Friday and set up a goal by Oskar Steen on Sunday.

— Joey Abate, after signing his first NHL contract with Boston on Friday, scored a goal and set up Johnny Beecher for a score on Sunday.

— Georgii Merkulov scored a power-play goal in each game.

— Providence has won six straight against Springfield.

BAD

— The first six power plays on Friday went to Hartford. Providence was down 6-0 before they got their first PP.

— The P-Bruins gave up 20 shots and three goals in the first period against Hartford.

— After allowing five goals on 23 shots versus the Wolf Pack, Michael DiPietro was pulled for the second time in his last three starts.

UGLY

— The P-Bruins gave up three goals in 68 seconds early in the second period against Hartford as a three-goal deficit quickly became a six-goal hole.

— Providence penalty kill on the road is 31^st in the AHL at 75 percent. They gave up four power play goals on Friday.

— Injured: Alec Regula, Reilly Walsh