The Providence Bruins won two of their three games over the weekend. One of the wins came in overtime and the other in a shootout, providing four important points as the P-Bruins close in on clinching second place in the Atlantic Division and a first-round bye.

They started with a 5-4 victory over the Utica Comets at home on Friday. Providence led, 4-1, with 10 minutes left in the third period, but needed a Patrick Brown score in OT to escape with the win.

At home again on Saturday against Utica, the P-Bruins wrested a 3-2 win away from the Comets in a shootout as Jayson Megna scored the decisive goal and Mike DiPietro shut the door in net.

On the road on Sunday, Providence jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period, but lost to the Springfield Thunderbirds, 4-2.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Providence is 40-20-6-3 for 89 points. With three games left in the regular season, they need one point to wrap up second-place in the Atlantic Division.

— With Saturday’s win, the P-Bruins reached 40 wins for the eighth time in the last 12 seasons.

— Patrick Brown continues to play terrific hockey.

His OT goal clinched the win on Friday. On Saturday, he made an outstanding play that culminated in an Oskar Steen shorthanded goal 52 seconds into the second period. Brown outskated and outworked a Utica player all the way up the ice, then got off a shot on net. Steen was there to bury the rebound.

On Sunday he gave the P-Bruins a 1-0 lead 46 seconds into the game and recorded a game-high six shots.

— Rookie Riley Duran was outstanding in Friday’s game. He scored his first goal as a pro in the first period and had the primary assist on two other goals.

— Mike DiPietro stopped 26 of 28 shots, plus all three in the shootout, in Saturday’s win.

— Oskar Steen scored twice on Friday and once on Saturday. He has six goals in his last six games.

— Providence leads the AHL with 15 shorthanded goals.

— Mason Lohrei had two assists and was plus-four on Friday night.

— Good work on the forecheck by Joey Abate paved the way for Georgii Merkulov’s 26th goal of the season on Saturday.

— Jaxon Nelson scored his first goal as a pro on Sunday and Jimmy Lambert scored his first goal as a Providence Bruin on Friday.

BAD

— Providence squandered a 4-1 lead in the third period on Friday night and a 2-0 lead nearly halfway through the game on Sunday.

— Not a great weekend for special teams. Providence went 0 for 11 on the power play and allowed four goals in 11 times shorthanded.

UGLY

— Injured: Alec Regula, Fabian Lysell