Riley Duran tucks the puck behind Cleveland goalie Jet Greaves in the first period on Friday night. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

It was a disappointing weekend for the Providence Bruins.

After sweeping all three games the previous weekend, the P-Bruins went winless in this weekend’s three games, though they did earn points on Friday and Sunday via losses in overtime.

They started with a 4-3 OT loss at home to the Cleveland Monsters on Friday. In Hartford on Saturday, Providence gave up three third-period goals in a 4-2 defeat.

That set the stage for a gut-punch loss at home on Sunday. Providence led 3-1 with under 10 minutes left but allowed Cleveland to tie the game and then win it, 4-3, just 19 seconds into extra time.

The P-Bruins didn’t help their cause by taking three penalties in the third period. While they killed all three, they expended a lot of energy.

“We took some bad penalties. I thought we were playing a decent game for three in three, a real smart game. For us, the penalties wear our penalty killers down and that kind of set the tone for the end. At the end, that’s on me. I’ve got to make sure I’m getting the right guys, the fresh guys out there. That’s on me, for sure,” said coach Ryan Mougenel.

Providence ended the weekend with a record of 6-7-2-0. They are in sixth place in the Atlantic Division. The good news is there are 57 games left and they are just three points behind second-place Wilkes-Barre Scranton.

“We went through similar things last year and we all got our games in a good place. Getting that chemistry is real important. There’s guys that are going to get a lot of opportunity, some young players, and when you get that opportunity, it’s what you do with it,” said Mougenel.

“We’re at that point where if you’re not getting it done, it’s kind of like (on to) the next guy in line. That’s part of the growth, too, the strongest survive. We’re at that point right now where they’ve got to start growing. We’ve got to see it, we can’t just keep talking about it. We need more from our young guys, for sure.”

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

—  The line of Marc McLaughlin between Riley Duran and Tyler Pitlick was a revelation Friday night as McLaughlin and Duran scored goals and McLaughlin earned the primary helper on Frederic Brunet’s score.

— Marc McLaughlin had awful puck luck last season but has had a hot stick lately with goals in five straight games. He had a goal and an assist on Friday, a goal on Saturday and another goal on Sunday. After scoring 8 goals in 68 games last season, he already has 5 goals in 15 games.

— Tyler Pitlick, who played a strong two-way game with a goal and an assist on Sunday, turned in the OT shift of the season so far on Friday, taking it to the net himself for a chance then hunting the puck down and setting up Fabian Lysell for a great opportunity. He has 4-6-10 in 12 games while playing on a PTO.

— Riley Duran scored a nice goal on a strong move to the net on Friday and added an assist later in the game.

— Fabian Lysell had two assists and hit a post and crossbar on Sunday. “It was good to see Fabian play better today,” said Mougenel.

— Brandon Bussi made a 10-bell side-to-side save on a Grade A shorthanded chance by Hartford’s Anton Blidh with 6:34 left in the second period on Saturday.

— Vinni Lettieri had a goal and an assist in Hartford. He leads the team with 8-5-13 in 15 games.

— The puck is not going in for feisty Trevor Kuntar (no goals in 13 games), but he flattened Hartford’s Brandon Scanlin with a clean check in the third period on Saturday even though Scanlin has four inches and 15 pounds on him.

— Matt Poitras recorded his first AHL point with a secondary assist on Vinni Lettieri’s goal in Hartford.

— Frederic Brunet scored his first goal of the year on Friday.

BAD

— NHL callups are part of the deal in the AHL, but the P-Bruins took a major hit on Friday night when they were missing four top players in Patrick Brown, Georgii Merkulov, Jordan Oesterle and Riley Tufte.

— Just 23 seconds after cutting Hartford’s lead to one goal late in the game on Saturday, the P-Bruins allowed a Matt Rempe goal that restored the Wolf Pack lead.

— Fabian Lysell remains stuck on one goal. His only tuck of the season came on Oct. 19 in Springfield. He had a glittering opportunity in OT on Friday, all alone 15 feet in front of the net with the puck on his stick, but he shot it wide.

— Matt Poitras gave the puck away behind the Providence net at the start of the sequence that ended up with Casey Fitzgerald’s goal for Hartford in the third period on Saturday. All in all, it was an underwhelming first three AHL games for Poitras.

— Sunday was the first time the P-Bruins lost a game after leading going into the third period.

— They were shorthanded four times on Friday and gave up two goals.

— While the Bruins played in Hartford on Saturday, the Monsters had the night off.

UGLY

— Injured: Alec Regula, Riley Duran