Two days after their goaltender bailed them out of a sure loss in Madison Square Garden, the Edmonton Oilers had no guardian angel to save them on Long Island. Article content

This time they got what they deserved. Article content Article content

A well-earned 4-2 defeat at the hands of the previously winless New York Islanders.

The Oilers were one of only six teams in the NHL that hadn’t lost a game in regulation yet (2-0-1) while the Islanders were the only team in the league that didn’t have a single point (0-3-0)

It had all the makings of a walkover.

But it’s hard to walk over something when your feet are full of self-inflicted bullet wounds.

How a team that locked it down so perfectly two games ago against Vancouver could be so sloppy in its next two outings is a mystery.

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