Good, bad & ugly from Providence Bruins weekend

Rookie Dans Locmelis put on a show in Hartford with a goal and three assists. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

On the second-to-last weekend of the regular season, the Providence Bruins played twice and racked up wins in both games.

In Hartford on Friday night, Providence jumped out to a four-goal lead on the way to a 6-2 win over the Wolf Pack. At home on Saturday, the P-Bruins earned a 4-3 overtime victory against the Belleville Senators.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Early in Friday’s game, Brandon Bussi made one of the best saves of the season when he dove across the crease to snare an Alex Belzile shot in his catching glove.

— Matt Poitras scored twice, added two assists and was plus-3 in Hartford, then he set up three goals on Saturday. He has 11 multi-point games this season. Poitras has 16-24-40 in 38 games.

— Dans Locmelis scored his first pro goal in the win over the Wolf Pack and assisted on three goals. Against Belleville, he buried the winner with 14 seconds left in OT and added two helpers. Locmelis has 2-6-8 in 4 games.

— Providence finished the weekend in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with a record of 39-23-5-3 for 86 points. They are tied in points with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, their opponent in Pennsylvania on Wednesday. Hershey is first with 93 points and Charlotte is second with 88.

— Oliver Wahlstrom scored a goal and an assist on both Friday and Saturday night.

— The P-Bruins went 1 for 4 on the power play on Friday and 3 for 9 on Saturday.

— Daniil Misyul scored his first goal with Providence on Saturday.

— Two defensemen who started the season in the ECHL have been solid contributors since arriving in Providence. Chris Ortiz was plus-3 against Hartford and Mason Millman leads the team with a plus-19 rating.

— 9,088 fans turned out on Saturday for Country Music Night.

BAD

— Providence gave up a two-goal lead in the second period on Saturday and then, after taking the lead in the third period, allowed the tying goal just 64 seconds later.

UGLY

— Injured: Georgii Merkulov, Billy Sweezey, Jake Gaudet

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