BOSTON — It had been since Dec. 7, 2008, that the University of Maine men had won a Hockey East road game at an opponents’ own rink.

Maine did pick up a win over New Hampshire in Manchester, N.H., in February.

But the Black Bears snapped that 14-game losing streak Friday night as they scored the game’s first five goals, including three in the second period, to beat the injury-riddled Northeastern Huskies 6-2 at Matthews Arena.

Adam Shemansky’s first-period goal; second-period goals by Spencer Abbott, Will O’Neill and Mike Banwell and Robby Dee’s third-period goal supplied the Bears with a comfortable cushion.

Justin Daniels and Garrett Vermeersch sandwiched NU goals around Kyle Solomon’s shorthanded goal for the Black Bears later in the third period.

Maine has now won three straight and improved to 4-5 overall, 3-2 in Hockey East. Northeaestern fell to 3-5 and 1-4.

The teams play again tonight at 7.

Former New Hampshire Junior Monarch linemates Shemansky, Matt Mangene and Kyle Beattie teamed up for the only goal of the first period.

Beattie dished the puck over to Mangene on the right side and his shot was deflected over to the far post where Shemansky shoveled it into the half-empty net for his sixth goal of the season.

Abbott expanded the lead 3:22 into the second period with Shemansky playing distributor on this occasion.

Shemansky spun off a check behind the net and wheeled around the post to goalie Chris Rawlings’ left before threading the needle with a cross-crease pass that Abbott one-timed into the short side.

A five-minute major and game misconduct on Northeastern left wing and captain Tyler McNeely for hitting from behind and a minor penalty on Alex Tuckerman following a Maine minor on Josh Van Dyk gave the Bears a golden opportunity to extend the lead and O’Neill did just that.

Dee had a shot blocked but chased down the rebound and slid it across to O’Neill in the middle of the slot.

The unattended O’Neill took a stride and wristed a rising 20-footer over Rawlings’ blocker.

Banwell made it 4-0 as he came out of the penalty box, skated on to a Van Dyk flip out and converted a breakaway with a wrister between Rawlings’ pads.

Dee scored a five-on-three power-play goal early in the third period when he was camped out at the top of the crease and jammed home the rebound of a Van Dyk shot.

Northeastern was without four defensemen and winger Steve Quailer due to injury.

Daniels backhanded home a rebound before Solomon scored off a three-on-three as he cut to the middle of the slot and wristed the puck past Rawlings for his first collegiate goal.

Vermeersch capped the scoring.

Maine outshot NU 26-23.