Max Jones celebrates after muscling in a loose puck from the edge of the crease on Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

Things are looking up for the Providence Bruins.

They were struggling heading into their first three-in-three weekend of the season, but they reeled off three consecutive wins as their offense came to life.

The P-Bruins started at home on Friday with a 3-2 win over the Bridgeport Islanders. In Saturday’s return match in Connecticut, Providence broke open a close game in the third period and rolled to an 8-4 victory. Back home against the Hartford Wolf Pack on Sunday, they fell behind in the first period but clawed their way to a 4-2 win.

“I liked our team game. A lot of guys stepped up and it showed,” coach Ryan Mougenel said after Sunday’s game. “It hasn’t been an easy start, but I think we’re going to be a better team for it. I really liked the buy in and the dig in from, especially, our older guys. They did a great job of leading and setting the right example.”

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— The power play was last in the league on Friday but after going 6 for 15 in the three games it climbed up to 19^th as of Sunday night. The penalty kill chipped in with a shorthanded goal on Friday and again on Saturday.

— The three wins evened Providence’s record at 6-6.

— Providence scored four straight goals in 3:07 to pull away in Saturday’s game.

— Tyler Pitlick had two assists in Bridgeport, then scored the winner and added an assist on Sunday.

— Vinni Lettieri could have shot the puck into the open net himself late in Sunday’s game, but instead unselfishly passed it to Patrick Brown, who scored an easy goal to salt away the win. Lettieri scored a goal on Friday and a goal and an assist on Saturday. He is tied for the team lead in scoring with 7-4-11 in 12 games.

— Georgii Merkulov is heating up. He had assists on Friday and Sunday and a goal and two helpers on Saturday. He is tied with Lettieri in points with 2-9-11 in 12 games.

— Michael DiPietro stuffed Bridgeport’s Julien Gauthier on a penalty shot with 6:07 remaining in the game on Friday. After posting wins on Friday and Sunday, DiPietro is 5-2 with a 1.70 goals-against average, which is fourth in the AHL.

— Max Jones had a solid first two games. He scored his first Providence goal on Sunday.

— Mike Callahan is playing some of the best hockey of his three years with the Bruins.

— Ian Mitchell scored the game-winning goal and added an assist on Saturday. 

— Brandon Bussi stopped 32 shots in recording his first victory of the season against the Islanders on Saturday.

— Jeffrey Viel and Riley Duran had a good weekend on the penalty kill. Viel buried the shorthanded GWG on Friday and Duran scored his first goal of the year on Saturday night with help from Viel.

— The P-Bruins have had the fifth-most power-play opportunities in the league with 52.

— Marc McLaughlin has goals in his last two games.

— John Farinacci scored goals 2:11 apart on Saturday.

— Joey Abate provided some energy with a fight against Eetu Liukas in Bridgeport.

— Ryan Mast had two assists on Friday.

BAD

— The P-Bruins allowed Bridgeport to score just 15 seconds into the second period on Saturday. They gave up another one with 38 seconds left in the same period.

— They were outshot, 15-7, by the Islanders in the third period on Friday.

— Jeffrey Viel leads the AHL with 10 minor penalties.

UGLY

— Mike DiPietro was victimized by an awful bounce on Sunday. A rim from center ice bounced off the backboards, hit DiPietro in the back of the leg and deflected into the net for Hartford’s first goal

— Injured: Alec Regula, Jaxon Nelson