<p>Goalie&#8217;d and it hurts. Final Score: 3-0 Islanders</p>
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<p>When you&#8217;re in a win, lose, win, lose rhythm as the Oilers are right now, it&#8217;s by no means the worst situation they could find themselves in but I don&#8217;t think anyone in that dressing room would necessarily be thrilled about it either. Coming into tonight&#8217;s <a href="https://publish.oilersnation.com/2022/11/23/game-20-0-preview-edmonton-oilers-at-new-york-islanders-focus-must-be-reducing-ga-5x5/">matchup with the Islanders</a>, the Oilers are absolutely gagging for consistency and I was hopeful that a dance with the 12-8-0 Islanders would be just what the doctor ordered. I don&#8217;t know about you, but my expectations for this team haven&#8217;t changed since October and the Islanders are a team I believe they should beat. But as we&#8217;ve seen many times, it took the boys a few minutes to get their legs going and that gave the Isles a few clean looks in the early minutes. The good news was that Jack Campbell was rock solid in the first and he bailed his teammates out more than a few times, giving them the runway needed to get their shit together and get in the fight. As the period wore on, the Oilers looked much better and generated a few opportunities that were close but ultimately stayed out of the net. All things considered, I call this a decent road period.</p>
<p>With the game scoreless and very much up for grabs, the Oilers really needed to be the ones to get the first goal and avoid chasing again. Not only did they need a goal to make life a little bit easier, but also because they&#8217;re just not scoring enough to reasonably expect them to come back if they fell behind. Unfortunately, just as I was writing that last sentence, the Islander cashed in a shorthanded goal on what I can only describe as a disjointed and sloppy power play by the first unit. To make matters worse, the Isles extended the lead only two minutes later when a centering pass by Pageau took a hometown bounce into the net off of Evan Bouchard. It was the kind of one-two punch that nobody on our side needed and basically set the tone for what the rest of the game would look like. Unable to respond despite a handful of quality opportunities, the Oilers did a lot of things right in the offensive zone without being rewarded for their efforts. At the other end of the rink, however, Edmonton was a hot mess on the defensive side of the puck and they simply could not find a way to stop the bleeding or really prevent the Islanders from doing what they wanted.</p>
<p>When the third period started and the boys were down by a field goal, I had already mentally checked out but hoped that the players on the ice didn&#8217;t feel the same way. Considering the gaping hole they needed to free themselves from, it wouldn&#8217;t have been surprising if the Oilers mailed it in for the final 20 minutes, but I was hoping they would at least find a way to make things interesting. Again, it&#8217;s not like they weren&#8217;t getting their fair share of chances, but they couldn&#8217;t buy a goal to save their lives. Try as they might, the Oilers had absolutely no answer for getting through the human brick wall that was Ilya Sorokin. Goalie&#8217;d in every way, sometimes you have to tip your cap to a guy that stops all 49 shots that came his way, completely erasing any idea the Oilers came up with to crack the code. But when you get to American Thanksgiving with a .500 record and sit outside the playoff cutline, getting shutout in a game we all thought was winnable is a tough pill to swallow even with the shooting gallery we watched on the ice. Even though I think we can all be satisfied with the effort, the NHL is a results driven business and we&#8217;re starting to run out of time to appreciate the silver linings.</p>
<p><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">The wrap.</span></p>
<h1>THE BRIGHT SIDE</h1>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-69906" src="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Fish-Sticks.png" alt="" width="605" height="351" /></p>
<ul>
<li>Zach Hyman got 11 shots on goal. That&#8217;s bananas. Best Oiler by a mile. He wanted it, he always does.</li>
<li>I had no idea what to expect from Jack Campbell after not playing for nearly two weeks. We all know the struggles and that he would be busting his ass to try and fix the issues, but there&#8217;s a big difference between practice and having the Islanders throwing everything they had at him. And even though I know plenty of you are going to disagree with me, there is no way I&#8217;m hanging this loss on Soup as at least two of the three goals against were caused by his defencemen. In no way was Campbell the issue in this loss. Campbell finished the game with 28 saves and a .903 save%.</li>
<li>I really like the Nugent-Hopkins &#8211; Draisaitl &#8211; Puljujarvi line. They obviously didn&#8217;t get anything done but it wasn&#8217;t for a lack of chances.</li>
<li>At least the Oilers outshot the Islanders by a 50-31 margin?</li>
</ul>
<h3 class="text-2xl font-bold"><strong>PRESENTED BY BETWAY</strong></h3>
<div class="mb-5"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-122158 size-full" src="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Betway-Article-Image.jpeg" alt="" width="740" height="222" srcset="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Betway-Article-Image.jpeg 740w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Betway-Article-Image-300x90.jpeg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px" /></div>
<h1>THE FACE PALMERS</h1>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-46888" src="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/islanders.jpg" alt="" width="763" height="429" /></p>
<ul>
<li>JG Pageau opened the scoring (1-0) with a shorthanded marker after beating Tyson Barrie to the net and tipping the centering pass through a helpless Jack Campbell. Outside of having the best seat in the house, I&#8217;m not sure what Barrie was doing on this play. He knows better. Pageau picked up a second goal (2-0) only moments later after his centering pass was deflected into the net by Evan Bouchard. When it rains it pours and right now the black cloud hanging over Bouchard is real.</li>
<li>Sebastian Aho (not that one, the other one) extended the lead (3-0) with a snipe from the left circle that came about because the Oilers were seemingly satisfied with sitting back and letting New York do as they pleased in the offensive zone. How Aho got that open with a clean lane to shoot is beyond me, but that&#8217;s exactly what happened.</li>
<li>Ilya Sorokin, I hate you right now. I respect you, but I hate you.</li>
<li>On a night when the Oilers really needed the power play to come through with a goal, the boys got skunked on five opportunities with the man advantage.</li>
<li>Completing the special team sweep, the Islanders picked up a goal on 1/2 power play chances.</li>
<li>Jesse Puljujarvi and Ryan McLeod may never score again.</li>
<li>How is it that the Oilers have taken the first penalty of the night in 17 of 20 games? It doesn&#8217;t make sense.</li>
<li>I don&#8217;t know why I have to say this but &#8220;Let&#8217;s-Go Islanders&#8221; has too many syllables to work in that style of cheer.</li>
<li>In 10:39 of TOI, Dylan Holloway got no shots, no hits, no blocks, and no takeaways. Send the kid back to Bakersfield and let him be a big fish for a bit. We need him too much to let his confidence sink.</li>
<li>Edmonton won only 48% of the faceoffs. Not horrible, just not where we want to be.</li>
</ul>
<h1>SCORING SUMMARY</h1>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-123920" src="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Scoring-Summary-Edmonton-Oilers-lose-3-0-to-New-York-Islanders-1024x729.png" alt="" width="673" height="479" srcset="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Scoring-Summary-Edmonton-Oilers-lose-3-0-to-New-York-Islanders-1024x729.png 1024w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Scoring-Summary-Edmonton-Oilers-lose-3-0-to-New-York-Islanders-300x214.png 300w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Scoring-Summary-Edmonton-Oilers-lose-3-0-to-New-York-Islanders-768x547.png 768w, https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Scoring-Summary-Edmonton-Oilers-lose-3-0-to-New-York-Islanders.png 1214w" sizes="(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px" /></p>
<h1>#GOODCONTENT</h1>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/jsbmbaggedmilk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jsbmbaggedmilk</a> Is this trend of losing evening games because they finally figured out how to win afternoon games?</p>
<p>&mdash; Wade Poloway Photography (@munch34m) <a href="https://twitter.com/munch34m/status/1595610537995702273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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Goalie'd and it hurts. Final Score: 3-0 Islanders

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When you're in a win, lose, win, lose rhythm as the Oilers are right now, it's by no means the worst situation they could find themselves in but I don't think anyone in that dressing room would necessarily be thrilled about it either. Coming into tonight's <a href="https://publish.oilersnation.com/2022/11/23/game-20-0-preview-edmonton-oilers-at-new-york-islanders-focus-must-be-reducing-ga-5x5/">matchup with the Islanders</a>, the Oilers are absolutely gagging for consistency and I was hopeful that a dance with the 12-8-0 Islanders would be just what the doctor ordered. I don't know about you, but my expectations for this team haven't changed since October and the Islanders are a team I believe they should beat. But as we've seen many times, it took the boys a few minutes to get their legs going and that gave the Isles a few clean looks in the early minutes. The good news was that Jack Campbell was rock solid in the first and he bailed his teammates out more than a few times, giving them the runway needed to get their shit together and get in the fight. As the period wore on, the Oilers looked much better and generated a few opportunities that were close but ultimately stayed out of the net. All things considered, I call this a decent road period.

With the game scoreless and very much up for grabs, the Oilers really needed to be the ones to get the first goal and avoid chasing again. Not only did they need a goal to make life a little bit easier, but also because they're just not scoring enough to reasonably expect them to come back if they fell behind. Unfortunately, just as I was writing that last sentence, the Islander cashed in a shorthanded goal on what I can only describe as a disjointed and sloppy power play by the first unit. To make matters worse, the Isles extended the lead only two minutes later when a centering pass by Pageau took a hometown bounce into the net off of Evan Bouchard. It was the kind of one-two punch that nobody on our side needed and basically set the tone for what the rest of the game would look like. Unable to respond despite a handful of quality opportunities, the Oilers did a lot of things right in the offensive zone without being rewarded for their efforts. At the other end of the rink, however, Edmonton was a hot mess on the defensive side of the puck and they simply could not find a way to stop the bleeding or really prevent the Islanders from doing what they wanted.

When the third period started and the boys were down by a field goal, I had already mentally checked out but hoped that the players on the ice didn't feel the same way. Considering the gaping hole they needed to free themselves from, it wouldn't have been surprising if the Oilers mailed it in for the final 20 minutes, but I was hoping they would at least find a way to make things interesting. Again, it's not like they weren't getting their fair share of chances, but they couldn't buy a goal to save their lives. Try as they might, the Oilers had absolutely no answer for getting through the human brick wall that was Ilya Sorokin. Goalie'd in every way, sometimes you have to tip your cap to a guy that stops all 49 shots that came his way, completely erasing any idea the Oilers came up with to crack the code. But when you get to American Thanksgiving with a .500 record and sit outside the playoff cutline, getting shutout in a game we all thought was winnable is a tough pill to swallow even with the shooting gallery we watched on the ice. Even though I think we can all be satisfied with the effort, the NHL is a results driven business and we're starting to run out of time to appreciate the silver linings.

<span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">The wrap.</span>
<h1>THE BRIGHT SIDE</h1>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-69906" src="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Fish-Sticks.png" alt="" width="605" height="351" />
<ul>
 	<li>Zach Hyman got 11 shots on goal. That's bananas. Best Oiler by a mile. He wanted it, he always does.</li>
 	<li>I had no idea what to expect from Jack Campbell after not playing for nearly two weeks. We all know the struggles and that he would be busting his ass to try and fix the issues, but there's a big difference between practice and having the Islanders throwing everything they had at him. And even though I know plenty of you are going to disagree with me, there is no way I'm hanging this loss on Soup as at least two of the three goals against were caused by his defencemen. In no way was Campbell the issue in this loss. Campbell finished the game with 28 saves and a .903 save%.</li>
 	<li>I really like the Nugent-Hopkins - Draisaitl - Puljujarvi line. They obviously didn't get anything done but it wasn't for a lack of chances.</li>
 	<li>At least the Oilers outshot the Islanders by a 50-31 margin?</li>
</ul>
<h3 class="text-2xl font-bold"><strong>PRESENTED BY BETWAY</strong></h3>
<div class="mb-5"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-122158 size-full" src="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Betway-Article-Image.jpeg" alt="" width="740" height="222" /></div>
<h1>THE FACE PALMERS</h1>
<img class="aligncenter wp-image-46888" src="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/islanders.jpg" alt="" width="763" height="429" />
<ul>
 	<li>JG Pageau opened the scoring (1-0) with a shorthanded marker after beating Tyson Barrie to the net and tipping the centering pass through a helpless Jack Campbell. Outside of having the best seat in the house, I'm not sure what Barrie was doing on this play. He knows better. Pageau picked up a second goal (2-0) only moments later after his centering pass was deflected into the net by Evan Bouchard. When it rains it pours and right now the black cloud hanging over Bouchard is real.</li>
 	<li>Sebastian Aho (not that one, the other one) extended the lead (3-0) with a snipe from the left circle that came about because the Oilers were seemingly satisfied with sitting back and letting New York do as they pleased in the offensive zone. How Aho got that open with a clean lane to shoot is beyond me, but that's exactly what happened.</li>
 	<li>Ilya Sorokin, I hate you right now. I respect you, but I hate you.</li>
 	<li>On a night when the Oilers really needed the power play to come through with a goal, the boys got skunked on five opportunities with the man advantage.</li>
 	<li>Completing the special team sweep, the Islanders picked up a goal on 1/2 power play chances.</li>
 	<li>Jesse Puljujarvi and Ryan McLeod may never score again.</li>
 	<li>How is it that the Oilers have taken the first penalty of the night in 17 of 20 games? It doesn't make sense.</li>
 	<li>I don't know why I have to say this but "Let's-Go Islanders" has too many syllables to work in that style of cheer.</li>
 	<li>In 10:39 of TOI, Dylan Holloway got no shots, no hits, no blocks, and no takeaways. Send the kid back to Bakersfield and let him be a big fish for a bit. We need him too much to let his confidence sink.</li>
 	<li>Edmonton won only 48% of the faceoffs. Not horrible, just not where we want to be.</li>
</ul>
<h1>SCORING SUMMARY</h1>
<img class="aligncenter wp-image-123920" src="https://publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Scoring-Summary-Edmonton-Oilers-lose-3-0-to-New-York-Islanders-1024x729.png" alt="" width="673" height="479" />
<h1>#GOODCONTENT</h1>
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