(Sports Network) - The Penguins are one win away from joining some elite company. However, to do so they will have to win in a city where they haven't tasted victory in nearly 12 years.

Pittsburgh will try to join four other clubs which have posted the second- most road wins to begin a season, as it visits the Anaheim Ducks tonight at Honda Center.

The Penguins begin a four-game road trip tonight with a perfect 6-0-0 record as the visitor. A victory in this game would match the 1940-41 Maple Leafs, 1985-86 Flyers and 2005-06 Red Wings. This year's New Jersey Devils are also a part of that group with a 7-0-0 record as the guest.

Buffalo holds the all-time NHL mark with 10 consecutive victories away from home to start the 2006-07 season.

Pittsburgh will play the first three games of its swing in California versus the Ducks, Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks before returning to the east coast to battle the Boston Bruins.

The Penguins have won two in a row and three of their last four versus the Ducks, but have lost five straight in Anaheim, where Pittsburgh hasn't claimed a victory since December 10, 1997.

Prior to this swing, the Penguins played three games in four nights, a run that culminated with Saturday's 2-1 loss to Minnesota.

"This will be a chance to go on the road; a week trip going out west," Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma, who played with the Ducks from 2000-04, told his team's official Web site. "We should have some time to focus on our game and this is a trip you circle. This is a good time for our team to go out on the road. We're looking forward to a little bit of rest and getting on the road."

In Saturday's loss, Pascal Dupuis scored the lone goal and Marc-Andre Fleury gave up both scores on 15 shots for the Penguins, who have split their last four games after winning seven in a row.

Sidney Crosby was held without a point for the first time in seven games and picked up a second-period fighting major in the setback.

Pittsburgh played its second straight contest without reigning Art Ross and Conn Smythe Trophy winner Evgeni Malkin, who is out two-to-three weeks because of a shoulder strain. Also, Tyler Kennedy has missed the last three contests due to an undisclosed injury.

The Ducks will try to put a disappointing loss to the Coyotes behind them tonight in the opener of a three-game homestand.

Corey Perry and Teemu Selanne both scored in Saturday's 3-2 shootout loss to Phoenix, but the Coyotes' Vernon Fiddler followed Selanne's go-ahead third- period goal with a tally of his own just 18 seconds later.

Radim Vrbata then beat Anaheim netminder Jonas Hiller, who made 30 saves, for the lone shootout tally.

"We got ourselves a lead and then we give up a goal 18 seconds later, which could be a back-breaker," said Ducks head coach Randy Carlyle. "But I thought we battled back and we got ourselves to the shootout. It's not so much about the loss; we're not going to lament the loss. We're not going to get too low with a shootout loss."

Hiller has made three straight starts with Jean-Sebastien Giguere day-to-day with a groin injury for the Ducks, who are 2-5-0 at home and have lost five of their last six (1-4-1) overall.

Hiller has lost his only previous start versus the Penguins, giving up five goals on 29 shots, while Fleury has won both of his starts versus the Ducks while halting 40-of-45 shots faced.

Anaheim will be without defenseman James Wisniewski, who was suspended for two games because of a blow to the head delivered to the Coyotes' Shane Doan on Saturday.

Wisniewski will also miss Thursday's game versus Nashville before being eligible to return on Saturday versus Phoenix.