As part of their recent six-game losing skid, the Phantoms were shut out in back-to-back games against Hershey and Laval.

Two weeks later, they turned things around and got back-to-back shutouts from goalies Alex Lyon and Jean-Francois Berube in wins over Cleveland and Syracuse.

Goalkeeping for the Phantoms has been somewhat spotty this season as Lyon and Berube share time between the pipes — both hoping for a recall to Philadelphia.

But for those two games, both were at the top of their game. Lyon turned aside 37 shots in the win over the Laval Rocket, while Cleveland got shut down by Berube’s 35-save effort on Sunday. The shutouts were the first of the season for each goalie.

Both were 2-0 decisions, the first two-game win streak for Lehigh Valley since Nov. 29 and 30 when it won back-to-back overtime games.

Berube’s shutout came against the team he played for last season when he posted a 21-7-5 mark. He was put to work early and often as he faced nine first-period shots as the Phantoms again struggled to create scoring opportunities and found themselves seemingly a stride behind Cleveland on the defensive end.

Even on a first-period power play, the Phantoms were unable to even generate a shot, let alone a goal. The first goal of the game came with just over two minutes left to play when Cal O’Reilly slammed a shot home against goalie Brad Thiessen.

O’Reilly and Berube took turns crediting each other for the win over Cleveland.

“We didn’t generate a ton of chances,” said O’Reilly. “It was one of those games where J.F. kept us in it.”

Berube knew the game was won when O’Reilly notched his goal.

“We won the game right there,” said the 28-year old goalie. “If he doesn’t put that in, who knows what would have happened. That was clutch.”

Lehigh Valley officially put the game away nearly a minute after O’Reilly’s goal when they picked up an empty-netter by Maxim Sushko.

In Lyon’s win against Laval, the 37 saves were a season-high for Lehigh Valley.

Kyle Criscuolo and Tyler Wotherspoon scored goals for the Phantoms in Saturday’s win. Criscuolo’s tally came when James De Haas fired a shot from the right circle that deflected off goalie Keith Kinkaid right to Criscuolo, who stuffed it in for the go-ahead goal. Kinkaid was screened on the second goal and never saw the shot from Wotherspoon coming toward him.

The shutouts helped to cover more weak offensive play from Lehigh Valley.

In the six periods against Laval and Cleveland, Lehigh Valley had just three shots in three of those periods. They rebounded well with a 10-shot period in each game, but still finished with just 16 shots on goal against Cleveland.

ALONE AT THE TOP ... Lyon’s 37-save performance was his sixth career shutout for Lehigh Valley, moving him to the top spot in career shutouts for the Phantoms. He was previously tied with Dustin Tokarski.

WHERE DO WE STAND? ... The two shutouts moved Lehigh Valley out of the Atlantic Division basement, putting them two points ahead of Bridgeport. The Phantoms are 18 points behind first-place Hartford and nine points behind Springfield for the final spot in the divisiion playoffs.

THE BUNNY-HOP TO PHILLY ... Connor Bunnaman, 21, was recalled by the Flyers early on Sunday, ironically just one day after his three-game goal streak came to an end. Bunnaman did pick up an assist against Laval on Saturday to give him a four-game point streak. David Kase was loaned to the Phantoms to clear a spot on the Philadelphia roster for Bunnaman.