Ty Gallagher celebrates after tucking the puck behind Lehigh Valley goalie Aleksei Kolosov for a breakaway goal on Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

It was another positive weekend for the Providence Bruins as they won two out of three in their first three-in-three of the season.

They beat Bridgeport, 4-1, at home on Friday, had a tough night in losing, 5-1, in Hartford on Saturday, and rebounded with a solid 4-2 win over Lehigh Valley at home on Sunday.

“The most important thing is how you respond (to an off night) and I loved our response today,” said coach Ryan Mougenel after Sunday’s game.

“The guys we needed to respond did, the Abates, the Durans. John Farinacci did a lot of really good things. He’s not always rewarded on the game sheet right now. He did a lot of good things – closing in the D zone — subtle things that translate to wins.”

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— The P-Bruins finished the weekend in first place in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference with a record of 25-7-1-0 and 51 points. Their points percentage of .773 is second in the AHL, behind only Grand Rapids, which is at .909.

— Dans Locmelis, who as expected was named to Latvia’s Olympic team, scored a goal on Friday and made a smart play to steal the puck and set up Riley Tufte for a shorthanded goal on Saturday.

— Patrick Brown was selected as one of two playing captains for the AHL All-Star Classic next month.

— Brown’s plus-24 leads the league. Billy Sweezey is second with plus-23.

— Mike DiPietro stopped 24 of 25 shots on Friday and 28 of 30 on Sunday, including a tremendous stop on Jacob Gaucher with four minutes left and Providence ahead by a goal.

— Frederic Brunet played another strong game at both ends on Sunday and scored the game-winner on a wraparound. He scored the GWG last Sunday, too.

— Ty Gallagher showed off an impressive burst of speed to sail in on a breakaway and score Providence’s first goal on Sunday. He earned an assist on Frederic Brunet’s score later in the game.

— Stick taps for Billy Sweezey. He played his 300th AHL game on Friday night.

BAD

— Providence fell behind early in Hartford and never caught up. “We weren’t ourselves. Those games are going to happen from time to time,” said Mougenel.

— Simon Zajicek gave up five goals on 28 shots on Saturday, a rare off night for him, but he had very little help from his teammates.

— The power play went 0 for 11 in the three games.

— Wednesday night’s home game against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton will be Providence’s fourth game in six nights.

UGLY

— Providence gave up two shorthanded goals in Hartford. They’ve allowed five so far this season.

— Injured: Jordan Schmaltz