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.

This time they got what they deserved.

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. You can probably just chalk it up to being the first

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