James Hagens cclebrates his first goal as a pro on Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

As they’ve done several times recently, the Providence Bruins won two out of three games this week.

They edged the Springfield Thunderbirds on the road, 2-1, on Wednesday. Back at home, they beat the Bridgeport Islanders, 6-4, on Saturday and then lost to Springfield, 4-2, on Sunday.

“(Springfield) played well. We weren’t emotionally involved early. That hurt us a little bit. Sometimes you’ve got to drag yourselves into it and talk yourselves into it. I just didn’t think we had that today,” said coach Ryan Mougenel after the loss.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Providence finished the weekend with a record of 49-14-1. They are in first place in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference with 99 points and a .773 points percentage.

— Riley Tufte is having his best year as a pro. He scored a goal in Springfield and then posted a hat trick and an assist against Bridgeport. He has 31-22-53 and is plus-27 in 57 games. He has the most goals by a P-Bruin since Frank Vatrano scored 36 in 2015-16.

— First rounder James Hagens played his first three games as a pro and the reviews were all positive. He scored his first goal with a power play rip on Saturday and made a nice play to set up a goal on Sunday.

“I don’t think anybody was particularly great (on Sunday), but I really liked 12’s (James Hagens) second and third period. I thought he was excellent, starting to feel it at little bit,” Mougenel said.

— Joey Abate scored a goal on Saturday and earned assists on Wednesday and Sunday. He has points in six straight games with 4-4-8 totals.

— Georgii Merkulov had a goal and an assist on Saturday and a goal on Sunday. He is tied with Tufte for the team lead in scoring with 21-32-53 in 62 games.

— Overshadowed by Tufte’s hat trick and Hagens’ first goal, Poitras turned in a strong game against Bridgeport with three primary assists. His totals for the season are 13-31-44 in 60 games.

— Christian Wolanin grabbed the puck for Hagens after the rookie scored his first pro goal. Wolanin, who has been a fabulous addition for the P-Bruins, posted two assists in the game.

— The Bruins stood up for Hagens. Navrin Mutter fought Springfield’s Wyatt Newpower after Newpower threw a hard hit on the Bruins rookie and every Bruin on the ice got involved in the scrum after Hagens was roughed up by Bridgeport’s Luke Rowe.

— After some good work in the neutral zone by linemates Abate and Riley Duran, Jake Schmaltz raced in and scored the game-winner in the third period in Springfield.

— For the second straight season, Providence went 11-1 against Bridgeport.

BAD

— Providence allowed two goals in 67 seconds in the first period against Bridgeport.

— Referees Damian Figueria and Austin O’Rourke flat-out blew the call when they disallowed a Providence goal for goalie interference in Springfield. There was no interference on the play.

— Providence is 25^th in the AHL in power play opportunities with 206.

— The PP went 0 for 6 on Sunday.

UGLY

— Injured: Frederic Brunet, Alexis Gendron, Dans Locmelis, Fabian Lysell

The Providence Bruins won two out of three games last week.

They started with a 6-3 loss on the road against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Wednesday. In Utica on Friday, they trailed 0-2 after one period before rebounding for a 4-3 victory over the Comets. Back home at the AMP on Saturday, Providence scored goals 30 seconds into the first period and 52 seconds into the third period on the way to a 5-2 win against Utica.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— As of Sunday, Providence was 47-13-1 and in first place by a mile in the Atlantic Division. They are 41 points ahead of last-place Hartford.

— The P-Bruins are closing in on their fourth 50-win season and fifth 100-point season in franchise history.

— Providence is eighth in the AHL in both power play (20.6 percent) and penalty kill (84.6 percent).

— Here’s a weird one: Providence’s road PP is best in the league at 26.8 percent, but at home it’s 29^th at 14.4 percent.

— With a goal on Saturday, Georgii Merkulov took over the team lead in scoring with 19-31-50 in 59 games. Said it before and I’ll keep on saying it, he deserved much more time than he got in Boston over the last couple of years.

— Joey Abate is on a roll with 4-4-8 in his last seven games. He had 1-1-2 on Wednesday and 2-0-2 on Friday. In the first minute of the game on Saturday, he won a wall battle, raced into the offensive zone and dished the puck to Jake Schmaltz for a goal.

— Matt Poitras continues to play a good two-way game. He scored a goal in Allentown, fed Abate some nice sauce for a goal in Utica, and made a slick pass to Merkulov for a goal on Saturday. He has 13-27-40 in 58 games.

— Riley Tufte’s strong season rolls on. After scoring twice on Saturday, he has a career-best 27 goals. For the year, he has 27-21-48 with a plus-27 in 54 games.

— Victor Soderstrom had himself a week with 1-2-3 on Friday and an assist on Saturday.

— Alexis Gendron’s two assists on Wednesday were his first points with Providence. He followed that up with a power-play goal on Friday.

— Riley Duran had a goal and a helper on Saturday.

BAD

— Giving up three goals in 3:05 in the second period, the P-Bruins ended up allowing a season-high six goals against Lehigh Valley.

UGLY

— Injured: Frederic Brunet, Dans Locmelis, Fabian Lysell

Ty Gallagher wore the fireman’s jacket after scoring a hat trick on First Responder’s Night on Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

The Providence Bruins took two out of three last week.

They beat the Springfield Thunderbirds in overtime, 3-2, on the road on Wednesday. Back home on Saturday, they obliterated the Hartford Wolf Pack, 7-0, before losing to the T-Birds, 4-3, at the AMP on Sunday.

“We should have won that game and it’s disappointing because that’s a team that we knew could come and bite us and they did,” coach Ryan Mougenel said after Sunday’s loss.

“It’s a lesson learned and it’s an important lesson as we go through this. Things that we value and that are important – winning the wall war – cost us the tying goal.

“I don’t like how fluffy we were in the offensive zone at all, just fluffy on the outside. When we play direct, we’re a real good team, but when we play on the outside, we’re not,” he said.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Providence slipped ahead of Grand Rapids for first overall in the AHL with a record of 45-12-1 for 91 points and a points percentage of .784. In the Atlantic Division, they lead second-place Wilkes-Barre/Scranton by nine points with two games in hand.

— The P-Bruins are 9-1 in overtime games and 3-0 in shootouts.

— New arrival Lukas Reichel provided an immediate injection of skill. In his Providence debut, he assisted on a goal and scored in overtime to win the game in Springfield, then put up three assists and was plus-four against Hartford.

— By the time Mike Callahan scored Providence’s fifth goal in the third period on Saturday, Hartford had only five shots on net. The shots were 33-7 for the P-Bruins midway through the third period.

— Michael DiPietro posted two more wins, raising his record to 28-6, and his second shutout. He continues to lead the league with a .936 save percentage and 1.80 save percentage.

— Ty Gallagher recorded a hat trick and had a fight in Saturday night’s game. He had two assists on Sunday.

— Six of Providence’s seven goals on Saturday were by defensemen. Three by Gallagher, two by Victor Soderstrom and one by Mike Callahan.

— Matej Blumel had a goal and an assist on Saturday and two goals on Sunday. He has 17-26-43 and plus-20 in 44 games.

— Matt Poitras had two assists and was plus-four on Saturday and scored Providence’s first goal on Sunday.

BAD

— Fabian Lysell picked a fight with Hartford’s Jackson Dorrington near the end of Saturday’s 7-0 blowout. It was a dumb idea. Not only was he embarrassed in the fight, he came out of it with an injury.

— The P-Bruins were penalized for too many men not once but twice in Wednesday’s game.

— Providence hasn’t let many third period leads slip away but it happened on Sunday. They led 2-1 with 10 minutes left, but lost, 4-3.   

UGLY

— Injured : Dans Locmelis, Fabian Lysell

An impressive number of teddy bears and assorted stuffed animals were collected at Sunday’s Teddy Bear Toss.

The Providence Bruins won two of their three games this week.

They scored a late goal to beat the Hartford Wolf Pack, 3-2, on the road on Wednesday. They lost, 4-1, to the Bridgeport Islanders in Connecticut on Saturday, after beating Bridgeport in their first 10 meetings this season. At home on Sunday, Providence squandered a third period lead before scoring a late goal to beat the Hershey Bears, 5-4.

“Those mistakes can’t happen, but they’re going to happen. It’s how you respond,” coach Ryan Mougenel said after Sunday’s game. “I liked the fact that some of the guys that made that mistake on the game-tying goal went out and got our game-tying goal. That says a lot.

“We’re not a team that can trade chances. We’re not built like that. We get chances out of how we defend and we defend first. That’s important.”

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 43-11-1 for 87 points and a .791 points percentage. They are eight points ahead of second-place Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in the Atlantic with two games in hand.

— They are 22-6 at home and 21-5-1 on the road.

— Even though the regular season doesn’t end until April 18, Providence clinched a place in the Calder Cup playoffs when Springfield lost to Iowa, 2-1, on Saturday. It will be the 12^th straight season in the playoffs for the P-Bruins, the longest active streak in the AHL.

— Sunday’s win was another of what I’ve been calling the team’s refuse-to-lose games. Providence blew a two-goal lead and then a one-goal lead in the third period and the outlook was grim before Jake Schmaltz and Riley Tufte scored 2:02 apart and the P-Bruins walked away with the victory.

— It was a good week for Matt Poitras. He scored the GWG with 1:49 left on Wednesday. He dished the puck to Tufte for the winner on Sunday and was credited with the primary helper on Christian Wolanin’s power-play goal in the first period. He also played a very physical game on Sunday, handing out several thumping body checks.

— Joey Abate made a nice move to beat a Hershey defenseman, score the first goal of the game and get the Teddy Bear Toss festivities out of the way early in the first period on Sunday.

— Michael DiPietro was brilliant in Hartford, stopping 39 shots and leaving the Wolf Pack shaking their heads in disbelief after several saves. He was credited with an assist on Joey Abate’s goal on Sunday, his second helper of the season. He leads the league with 26 wins.

— Riley Tufte continues to put pucks in the net. After scoring goals in all three games last week, he’s up to a career-high 25 tucks in 48 games. He is tied for the league lead with six game-winning goals.

— Playing wing for the first time this season, Jake Schmaltz went to the blue paint and scored the game-tying goal in the third period on Sunday.

— The P-Bruins trailed by two goals halfway through the game in Hartford before rallying for a 3-2 win.

— Providence signed Christopher Brown, Patrick Brown’s younger brother, to a PTO. The two had never played on the same team as pros. Though they played on different lines on Sunday, stick taps for the coaching staff for putting them in the starting lineup.

BAD

— Epic fail by FloHockey and the Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport for not being able to provide a stream of Saturday night’s game between and Bruins and Islanders. I’m not commenting here on anything that happened in that game because I don’t know what the hell happened since I wasn’t able to watch any of it.

— Providence ended up with a win on Sunday, but not before blowing a two-goal lead by giving up three goals in nine minutes in the third period.

UGLY

— Injured: Dans Locmelis, Simon Zajicek

Riley Duran goes to his backhand to finish of a nifty shorthanded breakaway goal on Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins.)

After losing two in a row last weekend, the Providence Bruins got back on track by winning all three of their games this week.

They returned from a trip to Pennsylvania with a 6-4 win over the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Wednesday. Back at home, they dug deep to rally from two goals down in the third period and beat the Bridgeport Islanders in a shootout, 4-3, on Saturday and posted a 3-2 victory against the Islanders again on Sunday.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— Providence is 41-10-1 and is first in the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference with 83 points and a .798 points percentage. They are five points ahead of second-place Wilkes-Barre/Scranton with three games in hand.

— Matej Blumel, Riley Tufte and Patrick Brown combined for one of the more flashy goals of the season against Lehigh Valley. In the offensive zone, Blumel tossed the puck to Tufte, who batted it out of the air to Brown, who bunted it into the net for Providence’s fourth goal of the game. The goal made ESPN’s SportsCenter Top 10. On the ensuing faceoff at center ice, a Phantoms player turned to a Bruin and said, “So you guys are the Globetrotters now?”

— Brown scored twice against the Phantoms. His plus-34 continues to lead the league.

— Billy Sweezey’s plus-28 is second in the AHL. He threw a number of punishing hits on Saturday night.

— Ty Gallagher had a strong week. In addition to defending well, he posted an assist on Wednesday, a goal and an assist on Saturday and two assists on Sunday. He’s making good strides in his first full year as a pro.

— Georgii Merkulov set up Providence’s first goal on Wednesday, then scored its second, too.

— Blumel had a goal and two assists against Lehigh Valley. He also scored goals on Saturday and Sunday. He has 4-7-11 in his last eight games.

— A pretty pass by Frederic Brunet set up Joey Abate’s goal on Wednesday.

— Riley Tufte’s shootout goal clinched Saturday’s victory. His plus-26 is tied for fourth in the AHL.

— Michael DiPietro stopped all three Bridgeport shooters in Saturday’s shootout win. On Sunday he kicked out 37 of 39 shots. He’s tied for the AHL lead with 24 wins. His .937 save percentage and 1.78 goals-against average are No. 1 in the league.

— Riley Duran scored a highlight reel shorthanded goal in Sunday’s win.

— With Providence protecting a one-goal lead late on Sunday, John Farinacci and Brett Harrison came through with key shot blocks.

— The P-Bruins are 10-0 against Bridgeport.

— Sweezey, Mike Callahan, Jake Schmaltz and John Farinacci were standouts in killing a penalty in overtime on Saturday.

BAD

— Providence allowed two goals in 1:29 in the third period against the Phantoms as their 4-1 lead was cut to 4-3.

— Two words to describe the interference penalty that referee Damian Figueira whistled on Patrick Brown in OT on Saturday: Holy crap.

— The P-Bruins were outshot 12-1 in the first 15 minutes of Sunday’s game.

— Providence’s home power play is 25^th in the league at 14.9 percent. Strangely, on the road, the PP is a league-best 28.2 percent.

UGLY

— Injured: Simon Zajicek, Dans Locmelis

— The bus arrived back from Lehigh Valley at 3:45 a.m. on Thursday.