RALEIGH, N.C. — The Islanders lost another one on Thursday night and are in danger of taking an oh-fer on their first extended road trip of the season.

And it was all self-inflicted.

On the ice, the Islanders allowed three goals on the first eight shots they faced and ultimately failed to measure up against the Hurricanes, one of the Eastern Conference’s legitimate Stanley Cup contenders, in a 6-2 loss at Lenovo Center .

“Our team got better, but we got a lot better than [what we showed],” No. 1 overall pick Matthew Schaefer said. “We didn’t start off the best. We can clean up on a lot of mistakes.”

Off the ice — for that’s where Mathew Barzal was kept as punishment — the day started with their top-six center being late for the team bus to the morning skate and being held out of th

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