Vinni Lettieri rifles the puck past Springfield’s Vadim Zherenko for the decisive goal in the shootout on Friday night. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

It was a one step forward, one step back kind of weekend for the Providence Bruins.

After not practicing for most of the week because of the AHL All-Star break, the P-Bruins returned with a 3-2 shootout win at home over the Springfield Thunderbirds on Friday. The next night they dropped a 5-2 decision against the T-Birds on the road.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Providence finished the weekend with a record of 25-15-4-1. With 55 points, they are fourth in the Atlantic Division, a point behind the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and tied in points with the Charlotte Checkers.

— The line of Jeffrey Viel, Patrick Brown and Trevor Pitlick had an exceptional night on Friday as they combined for a goal and 12 shots in the shootout win over Springfield.

— Nice pass from John Farinacci to Max Jones, who tied Friday’s game with 3:55 left in the third period. Farinacci has 2-13-15 in his last 16 games.

— Brandon Bussi stopped 25 of 27 shots, plus all three Springfield shootout attempts in the victory on Friday. He’s won three of his last four starts.

— Providence’s 2.56 goals-against average is second in the AHL.

— Back after a very solid stint with Boston, Vinni Lettieri tucked in the shootout winner on Friday and scored his team-leading 15th goal on Saturday.

— Billy Sweezey pounded out a solid decision over Dylan Peterson of Springfield in a first period bout on Saturday.

— Michael DiPietro was a standout in the first period on Saturday night, stopping all 13 shots and making some 10-bell saves.

— Max Jones scored a goal on Friday and had two assists on Saturday. He has 4-2-6 in his last six games.

— Providence’s Jeffrey Viel and Sam Bitten of the T-Birds engaged in one of the better fights of the season on Saturday.

— Providence doesn’t play outside New England again until a March 12 game at Toronto.

— The penalty kill is seventh in the league at 84.5 percent.

BAD

— They gave up the game-tying goal with eight seconds left in the second period on Saturday.

— I’m still looking for the crosscheck that referee Jake Kamrass called on Brett Harrison of the Bruins on Saturday night. Don’t think I’m going to find it.

UGLY

— Providence is being outshot in overtime, 30-13. Helps explain why they are 1-4 in OT games.