The Edmonton Oilers lost their third in a row, falling 3-1 to the New York Islanders Tuesday night.
The Oilers jumped ahead 1:23 into the game with Leon Draisaitl coming down the left side and firing his thirteenth of the season past Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin.
Oilers netminder Stuart Skinner preserved the lead late in the period by denying Matthew Barzal on a breakaway.
The Islanders took control with three special teams goals in the second. Anders Lee and Bo Horvat scored on the power play. Simon Holmstrom converted a two-on-one for his fifth shorthanded goal of the season.
The Oilers then had a two-man advantage for 57 seconds but couldn’t cash in.
“I thought five-on-five we out-chanced them, spent a lot of time in the offensive zone,” Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch said after the game.
“This is one of the nights where we got beat on special teams, which doesn’t usually happen.”
In the third, the Oilers outshot the Islanders 15-2 but couldn’t beat Sorokin.
Oilers captain Connor McDavid saw his point streak end at 12 games. Sorokin finished with 30 stops while Skinner made 17.
“We can control what we can control and that’s the next game,” Knoblauch said.
“We certainly could have the last two out of three. The next two games are going to be difficult for us.”
The Oilers (13-15-1) will visit the New Jersey Devils on Thursday. You can listen to the game live on 630 CHED, beginning with The Faceoff Show at 4 p.m. The actual game starts at 5:30 p.m.
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