Penalties and Providence

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They gave up three power-play goals in Hartford, but as Scott Pellerin said, it wasn't really their worst PK night.

Tonight was pretty good. Six Providence chances, on which Bridgeport outscored the Bruins 1-0 and was only outshot 6-3.

"We've got a lot of energy," Brandon DeFazio said.

They used it to take away second chances, to limit first chances, and to rush out two-on-one in the first period and tie the game on a rebound, Ty Wishart chip to Brock Nelson up the right wing, shot-save, rebound-score.

They had a couple of bounces go against them on the power play last night, and the other one was a five-on-three.

"We wanted to respond," Nelson said. The PK gave them some momentum. They took a lead on the power play, then scored a couple of goals in the third.

They're 2-0.

"It's been a great weekend for us," game-winner Jon Landry said. "We played really hard. We jelled together as a team. We're getting the results we're looking for."

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Two points for Watkins and DeFazio thanks to the empty-netter. Another good game for Nino Niederreiter, who got props from his teammates, Pellerin said.

Coach's decision, Pellerin confirmed, on Matt Donovan. "We've got a lot of depth positions. That's the message we're sending to the guys. Everybody has to play to their level, max out their level. If not, there are times you're not going to play."

Pellerin said the training staff and the management decided it was best, given Anders Nilsson's illness, to give Kevin Poulin the start. That was best for the team. And when did that decision become final? "About 20 minutes before warmup," Pellerin said. Poulin said he was unfazed. He looked to have an early bobble or two but made some good saves.

Nelson had a shift on the penalty kill where he took out about 15 seconds on his own, working one-on-four to Michael Hutchinson's right. "Brock, for a young player, is a solid two-way player," Pellerin said. "He's going to find his offensive side. I think you saw some of it this weekend. He's a guy I'm looking forward to working with. ... He's a guy you can put in all different situations."

I'm pretty sure I hate my three-stars selections. Just so you know. (I mean, they're fine, the players. My selections. You know.)

Prescout. A goal for Trevor Smith, but a winning goal for Hugh Jessiman. WBS plays next Friday at Springfield, so equitable travel for some reason. (In fact a 3-in-3 for WBS next weekend, where that's BPT's only game.) I think that one may force Jason Iacona to change his Twitter avatar, if I followed correctly the bragging that went up and down I-81 this week.

Adirondack put up 48 shots and six goals on Chad Johnson and Portland. Five combined points for Schenn and Couturier. Meanwhile, the defending Calder Cup Champions In Exile won their Syracuse home opener. Springfield won, too. Albany did not.

Team's off tomorrow. More (I think) Monday. And we'll chat on Tuesday.