Call it even. Or call it highway robbery. Both apply to Tuesday night’s Redemption Heist in New York City. Article content

If Stuart Skinner’s season-opening brain cramp against Calgary lost Edmonton a game they should have won, his performance against the hopelessly-frustrated Rangers won them a game they absolutely should have lost. Article content Article content

Lost?

The Oilers should have been laughed right out of Madison Square Garden by the end of the second period.

But what could have been a total disaster ended up in a gritty 2-0 decision that will go down in the record books as a good team finding a way to win when it was far from its best.

In reality, Skinner’s 30-save shutout bailed them out of a tepid night at both ends of the ice and stole them two points.

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