Riley Tufte is knocked down after depositing his 11th goal of the year in the net against Bridgeport on Friday. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

The Providence Bruins split their two games over the weekend.

They beat the Bridgeport Islanders, 4-1, at home on Friday. They lost to the Springfield Thunderbirds, 6-4, on the road on Saturday.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Michael DiPietro and Mike Callahan got word on Wednesday that they will represent the P-Bruins at the AHL All-Star Classic in Palm Desert, Calif. on Feb. 2 and 3. Both are worthy selections. Vinni Lettieri would have been a deserving pick, too.

— DiPietro stopped 34 of 35 shots in Friday night’s win. He is 12-5-3 with a .925 save percentage. His 2.05 goals-against average is third in the AHL.

— Lettieri had two goals and a helper on Friday. He is third in the AHL in scoring with 14-21-35 in 35 games.

— Fabian Lysell had a productive weekend with two assists on Friday and a tip-in goal on Saturday. He has 3-8-11 in the last 10 games.

— Georgii Merkulov scored a goal and an assist on Friday and set up a Patrick Brown power play score with a good pass on Saturday. He has 5-12-17 in the last 16 games. Seems to me he could contribute on Boston’s sputtering power play.

— Riley Duran played with energy in both games and scored a goal on Saturday.

— Brett Harrison took the puck to the net for a nice goal in Springfield.

— Riley Tufte, Frederic Brunet and Mason Millman are tied for the team lead with plus-10.

— Providence’s next two games are against Syracuse and they’ll face Rochester, Laval and Cleveland over the next couple of weeks. It’s a welcome break from the usual bland diet of Bridgeport, Hartford and Springfield.

BAD

— In Springfield, by the time the P-Bruins registered a shot on net nine minutes in, they were already two goals down.

— Brandon Bussi gave up two goals on six shots in the first 8:04 before being pulled against the Thunderbirds.

— Saturday night was a tough one for Providence’s top line. Matt Poitras was minus-four and Lettieri and Merkulov were minus-three.

— Maybe Poitras had a good reason to slash Springfield’s Corey Schueneman late in the second period. Unfortunately for Poitras, referee Chris Rumble was five feet away and couldn’t miss the infraction. The Thunderbirds scored the go-ahead goal two seconds after the penalty on Poitras expired.

— Merkulov and Lettieri broke in alone on Springfield’s Colton Ellis with 6:28 left in the second period but didn’t score as Ellis turned away Merkulov’s shot.

— After battling back from a two-goal deficit to tie the game, the P-Bruins fell behind again as they gave up a goal with 23 seconds left in the second period.

— The P-Bruins don’t play Bridgeport again for a month. Too bad. The P-Bruins are 8-0 against the last-place Islanders.

UGLY

— Injured: Ian Mitchell, Tyler Pitlick