The San Jose Sharks hope to win back-to-back games for the first time in almost three weeks Tuesday when they visit the Philadelphia Flyers, who have not lost consecutive games in nearly a month.

On the heels of their best performance of the season, the Anaheim Ducks will try to keep surging when they visit the Pittsburgh Penguins in the opener of a five-game road trip on Tuesday night.

Even though Massachusetts and Northeastern (10-5) are part of Hockey East, the game was a non-conference matchup, so the ...