Providence’s Tyler Pitlick cuts in on Nico Daws in the Utica net on Friday night. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

Facing two last-place teams in the Utica Comets and Bridgeport Islanders, the Providence Bruins came away with four out of six points over the weekend.

They beat Utica, 5-1, at home on Friday and notched their ninth straight win over Bridgeport, 5-0, in Connecticut on Saturday. Back home on Sunday, the P-Bruins lost to the Islanders for the first time this season, 4-2.

“Friday and Saturday, fantastic. Sunday, we looked like a team that was playing three games in three nights. It’s tough. It’s not an excuse, but it’s tough,” coach Ryan Mougenel said on Sunday.

“We were making a lot of mistakes that we don’t usually make. It’s a product of being tired, but when you’re tired you’ve got to be smart. I didn’t like any of the penalties we took. It was one of our keys, we have to be efficient and smart and stay out of the box.

“We took two penalties that are inexcusable. There’s a difference between a competitive penalty and dumb. I thought (the penalties) they were dumb.”

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— As of Sunday night, the P-Bruins were 27-16-4-1 for 59 points. They were tied for third place in the Atlantic Division with the Charlotte Checkers. They are one point behind the second-place Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (60) and five behind the first-place Hershey Bears (65).

— John Farinacci’s hot streak continues. He made a blind, between-the-legs pass to Georgii Merkulov for a goal on Friday, recorded two assists on Saturday and scored a goal on Sunday. He has 3-16-19 in his last 19 games.

— Riley Tufte recorded his second Gordie Howe Hat Trick in six games on Saturday.

— Tyler Pitlick had a goal and an assist on Friday and an assist on Saturday and was plus-five for the weekend. With 14 goals, he’s shooting at 22.6 percent.

— Blueliner Mason Millman chipped in with goals on Friday and Saturday night.

— Brandon Bussi stopped 27 shots for his fourth shutout in Bridgeport. He’s won four of his last five starts.

— Providence is 20-0-2-0 when leading after two periods.

— Jeffrey Viel had two assists and was plus-four on Friday, had an assist on Saturday and a goal on Sunday.

— Riley Duran scored twice in Friday’s win.

— In his only game of the weekend on Saturday, Matt Poitras scored a goal and played a solid game at both ends of the ice.

BAD

— Fabian Lysell had the go-ahead goal on his stick when he was awarded a penalty shot early in the third period on Sunday, but he was stuffed by Islander goalie Henrik Tikkanen.

— All good things come to an end. Providence’s nine-game winning streak against Bridgeport went down the drain with Sunday’s loss.

UGLY

— After going without a goal in six tries on the weekend, the power play has dropped to 25^th in the league at 16.9 percent.