The P-Bruins celebrate Friday night’s win in Hershey. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

Any time a team returns from a trip to Hershey and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton with five out of six points, it’s had a good week.

That’s what the Providence Bruins did.

They started with a 3-1 win over the Bears on Wednesday night. They notched a second win in Chocolatetown on Friday night, 4-1. The next night the P-Bruins earned a point, losing to the Penguins in overtime, 2-1.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Providence finished the weekend with a 19-5-1 record and 39 points. Their points percentage of .780 is second in the AHL behind Grand Rapids, which is at .938. They have a game in hand on first-place Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in the Atlantic Division.

— Fabian Lysell took over the team lead in goals with his 11^th on Wednesday night.

— Riley Tufte scored twice on the trip and is right behind Lysell with 10 goals.

— Patrick Brown, leading the team 10-17-27, had an assist on Wednesday and three more on Friday.

— Effective at both ends of the ice, Frederic Brunet played some of his best hockey of the season on the trip. He had two assists on Friday night.

— Ty Gallagher scored his first goal of the year on Friday, with a tremendous second effort to poke the puck in after being knocked down.

— Georgii Merkulov scored a goal and made a nice pass to set up a power-play goal by Matt Poitras on Friday.

— Mike DiPietro was outstanding with 37 saves in the 3-1 win in Hershey.

— Simon Zajicek stopped 29 of 30 shots in the win on Friday, then turned away 34 of 36 shots after relieving an injured DiPietro in the OT loss on Saturday.

— Providence’s goal-against average is 2.12, second in the AHL.

— The P-Bruins scored power play goals in all three games. The PP is sixth in the AHL at 24.4 percent.

— With a first-period tally on Wednesday night, Brett Harrison snapped a stretch of 13 games without a goal.

— Odd stat of the week: the number of shots Providence is taking and giving up per game is the same – 29.64

BAD

— Providence gave up a lot of shots on the trip – 38 and 30 against the Bears and 50 against the Penguins.

— The P-Bruins had what would have been the go-ahead goal taken off the board in the third period on Saturday when referee Riley Brace ruled that Pens goalie Johan Blomqvist was interfered with.

— Providence’s road PK is only 18^th in the league at 79.5 percent.

UGLY

— Injured: Michael DiPietro, Dalton Bancroft, Max Wanner

The Providence Bruins peppered Springfield Thunderbirds goalie Vadim Zherenko with 20 shots in the third period on Sunday, but could not score. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

The Providence Bruins hit a couple of bumps in the road over the last week, losing two out of three games.

The week started with a 4-1 loss to the Rocket in Laval on Tuesday night. Providence had been on the road for eight days and their fatigue showed.

In Springfield on Saturday, the P-Bruins jumped out to a quick lead, lost the lead, but won in overtime, 4-3, on a Christian Wolanin goal.

Back at the AMP for a rematch with the Thunderbirds on Sunday, Providence lost, 3-1.

“Couple of mistakes and they’re in the back of your net. We let a team (playing) three in three hang around. Their goalie played an exceptional game and they played hard,” said coach Ryan Mougenel.

“I don’t think we did a good job of earning second shots. There were a lot of one-and-dones. It’s a lesson learned, for sure. We’re not a team that can expect (Patrick Brown) to lead us every night. It’s not fair to him. We need other guys stepping up. For the most part, the majority of the guys did.

“I’ve been thinking about (Alex) Steeves a lot, too. You can talk about opportunity, but what are you going to do when you get the opportunity? Alex Steeves made the most of his opportunity. Every time you’re on the ice it’s an opportunity to show that you don’t belong or you do belong here,” he said.

“I thought some guys put it on the line, like (Billy Sweezey). He goes out and fights a guy (Kale Kessy) who gets three shifts, who is a tough customer. He does that because he cares, and that’s what some guys have to understand. Sweezey’s the ultimate teammate. Some guys have to understand that’s part of the gig.”

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— With a record of 17-5, 34 points and a .773 points percentage, Providence is in second place In the Atlantic Division, a point behind Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, which has played one more game than the P-Bruins.

— The P-Bruins are 14-0 when scoring first.

— Frederic Brunet  was a standout at both ends of the rink on Saturday night.

— Providence killed all five shorthanded situations in their three games.

— Fabian Lysell made a nice pass to set up a goal by Frederic Brunet in Laval and scored his 10^th goal of the season in Springfield. He is tied with Patrick Brown for the team lead in goals.

Going into Sunday’s game, Lysell had points in 9 of his last 10 games. His totals in that span were 6-7-13.

— The fourth line of Jake Schmaltz between Joey Abate and Riley Duran continued to provide quality minutes. Schmaltz gave Providence an early lead with a goal from Abate and Duran at 3:55 on Saturday night.

— Dans Locmelis set up Christian Wolanin’s OT goal on Saturday night with a pretty pass.

— The Bruins announced the signing of  Wolanin to a one-year AHL contract on Sunday morning, less than 24 hours after his OT goal in Springfield.

BAD

— Providence hit the crossbar twice and the post once while pouring 20 shots on the Springfield net in the third period on Sunday.

— Springfield scored on two of its first three shots on Sunday against Michael DiPietro.

— The P-Bruins let a two-goal lead slip away on Saturday before they won the game in extra time.

— Providence is 9-1 on the road, but they head out on a tough trip this week with a pair of games in Hershey and one at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

UGLY

— After Tuesday night’s game in Laval, the team bus arrived back in Providence at 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday. It was a slippery ride down snowy I-89 through Vermont. — Injured: Max Wanner

From left, Ty Gallagher, Jake Schmaltz, Joey Abate, Colin Felix and Riley Duran celebrate Duran’s goal on Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

The Providence Bruins spent a very productive few days in Ontario.

First stop was Toronto, where the P-Bruins dominated the Marlies, 5-1, on Wednesday night. Then they moved on to Belleville, and beat the Senators twice, 6-3 and 6-4, on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.

As of Monday, Providence held down first place in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference with an are-you-kidding-me record of 16-3 and 32 points.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Fabian Lysell had his best week of the season. He scored twice on Wednesday, was credited with two assists on Saturday and finished the weekend with a goal and an assist on Sunday. His second goal in Toronto was the goal of the year for the P-Bruins as he dangled his way to the net before beating the goalie. Turnovers and poor decisions with the puck are still sprinkled throughout Lysell’s game, but they are somewhat easier to overlook when he’s producing offensively the way he has lately. Lysell has 9-9-18 in 16 games. He’s tied with Patrick Brown for the team lead in goals.

— Patrick Brown continued his strong play with a goal and two helpers on Wednesday and a goal on Friday, which was the 100^th of his career in the AHL. He leads the team in scoring with 9-12-21 in 19 games.

— Jake Schmaltz scored an empty netter on Saturday, then was a standout on Sunday with 1-3-4. The line of Schmaltz between Riley Duran and Joey Abate was outstanding on Sunday, generating energy and a strong forecheck as well as contributing on the scoresheet.

— Riley Duran and Victor Soderstrom scored their first goals of the season on Sunday in Belleville.

— Matt Poitras finally got some puck luck. He cashed in a rebound for a goal and added two helpers on Saturday and scored an empty-netter on Sunday.

— Jacob Perreault scored twice and added an assist on Saturday.

— Dans Locmelis had a goal and an assist on both Wednesday and Friday. His wrister for Providence’s fifth goal on Friday blew up the water bottle on the Belleville net.

— Georgii Merkulov had his best game of the season in Toronto with a nifty finish for a goal and two pretty assists.

— Frederic Brunet made a nifty backhand pass through seam that resulted in a goal on Saturday and then buried his third goal of the year on Sunday.

— New addition Christian Wolanin chipped in with four assists in Toronto and added two more in the next game in Belleville.

— The power play went five for nine in the three games. It is now ranked fifth in the AHL at 26.3 percent.

— Providence is undefeated on the road at 8-0.

BAD

— The penalty kill allowed three goals on five shorthanded situations in Belleville.

— All’s well that ends well, but Providence allowed Belleville to climb back into both games by giving up goals in the third period.

UGLY

— Injured: Max Wanner