The New York Islanders Earned a Satisfying Loser Point in a Resilient Performance in Edmonton

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1. Come back to tie the game after getting out played and then to lose in OT. I can take the loss but the line combos in OT were horrible. Zero puck possession and matching up Nelson against McDavid has me puzzled. SMH!!!

2. Until it goes awfully wrong, keep Lee and JGP together! They are upping each others game. Again, as it was against NJD, this result is not what any fan would hope for. But against a team like EDM, with all the injuries, I’ll take it.

3. Satisfying loser point for once. Isles battled back from 3-1 to tie game yet were outplayed badly being outshot 2-1 as once again 30 was better than oil's skinner in net. 27, 44 have picked it up getting top six minutes with 21 chipping in too yet this game showed how outmatched isles are against teams with superstar caliber players and can control play. Isles have to outplay them and hope for an off night to have a chance. 27, 44 stepped up. Too bad bottom six including 4th line are useless and add no punch to isles. pk gives up another g. I'm surprised lethal oil pp didn't get 3 pp g's against isles sorry pp. And things even out over a full season. This time isles scramble back from behind yet don't get the 2 pts.
   30, 44, 27-heroes. bottom lines-goats.

4. Hi Gil! Does it not feel yucky, leading and another loser point? It’s like Vegas Gil! This crap is out of my league. These boys can keep taking this where they want to go—it’s just a little slimy for me. It’s not good Hockey even for a crap team. Win like MEN——lose LIKE MEN——but this crap has to END!!

5. This team is not quitting we got a point where we don't do so well take it

6. Great show, we need to get some players back, especially on the defense. Isaiah George’s smooth skating reminds me of Kenny Jönsson and I can tell he’s the real deal. However, he does make a lot of mistakes & normally I wouldn’t mind at all with a rookie, & if we had a deep team and we were way above 500? I’d say keep playing him but we can’t afford to lose games. We need Romanov back ASAP. They haven’t been playing bad hockey. (Other than that ridiculous pile-up in front of Sorokin when everyone was puck-watching and Mayfield took a penalty) If they can keep treading water until guys get healthy? We’ll be in good shape. Any news of anyone getting close to playing? P.S. I was talking to my pharmacist today who plays ice hockey and I asked him how many times he’s accidentally put the puck in his net. He said a lot of times. I did it too a few times myself (it happens) My point is if that puck doesn’t go off the skate and into our net against the Devils? No way the Devils win that game. My pharmacist just lost in the playoffs, lol sucks losing in the playoffs. Even if it’s a men’s rec league.

7. Gil, yes illya stole us a point but I feel the officials robbed us of the chance at the other one. That was a clear trip on wahlstrom. Like butchie said, “only reason that wasn’t a penalty is because it was mcSAVIOR. “ ridiculous. Glad to see Sorokin back to his old self. Id still like to know when he originally hurt his back last season?

8. Good 🌄, Gil, how are you? The Islanders were outplayed by the Oilers last 🌙, but they came back and tied the game. Patrick Roy pulled the goalie, and for once, it worked. Even though they lost in OT, this is one loser point that was well worth it. 👍, so they couldn't ✋️ Connor McDavid, but Mick Jagger said it best, "You can't always get what you want." The PP was terrible, but what else is new. It figures Connor McDavid gets a goal that shouldn't have counted, but it is to their credit, the Islanders kept their cool. Ilya Sorokin was solid again. JG Pageout had 2 assists. Isiah George made 2 mistakes, but he was saved by Sorokin. Hero, Anders Lee for stepping up. 🐐, the PP and the PK again. They're in Vancouver tomorrow 🌙. Bridgeport is worse than the parent CLUB. HAPPY 🎂, TIM JACKMAN. Hear from you tomorrow, Gil, and LET'S GO ISLANDERS.

9. Hi Gil,glad to get the point in Edmonton hope to do better in the next game! And hope to see some players returning to the lineup soon we’re going to need them.

10. Gm Gil. No, the Isles now have more OTL than any other team in the NHL and are in reality, 6-10. We were watching boys play men ie a minor league club versus the big club. The Isles are old, slow, and are not behaving like a well coached club. I have to assume that the plan is to play out the bad contracts and keep quite a few other players off the unemployment line as there are not a lot of players on this team that other teams would want to add. I am bothered by the poor play of Horvat because he has regressed. Nelson, again, was a no show. The D collapsed in on Sorokin too many times leaving him to have to bail them out. I thought play in overtime really showed the difference between elite and marginal.

11. Glad we got a point and the islanders worked hard to get it. BUT they got grossly outplayed and give aways are terrible. Sorokin got them the point, without him they would have got. smoked.

12. Lou made bad contracts

13. They don’t play to win, they play not to lose especially when they have a lead, even after they tied it they gave Edmonton plenty of chances to retake the lead, like I said before see where we’re at by the deadline if we’re in it be buyers but if we’re out then it’s time to trade Nelson, palmeri and maybe if Lee continues to play well a team could take him off our hands for cheap, we’re not a rebuilding team but getting out of those 3 contracts alone could help us retool for next season