It has happen again: The Edmonton Oilers has hit another ………..

The Edmonton Oilers’ eight-game winning streak, which was supposed to save the season and make it a happy Christmas, has turned into a three-game losing streak without the happy Whos or roast beast.
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The Oilers last went down the chimney stack and into the home of the New York Islanders, who sent any expectations Edmonton had of finishing the streak up in smoke with a 3-1 misfortune to start the first of six straight street games in shame.
The Oilers’ (13-15-1) inability to become a playoff contender in the new year was demonstrated by the Islanders.

New York worked on its record to 15-8-8 heading into their game Wednesday against the Washington Capitals as the Islanders hope to make progress on a Metropolitan Division-driving New York Officers group (22-7-1) sitting on the Eastern Meeting.

The excursion doesn’t get any more straightforward for the Oilers, either, as they close it out against the Officers on Friday, following a stop in New Jersey to confront the Villains (16-12-2). The Officers shut out Edmonton 3-0 in their main past gathering of the time on Oct. 26.
Every one of the Oilers ought to need under the tree for Christmas is a reinforcement goalie. ( Or on the other hand maybe one that can fight over the beginning job, to the extent that things have gone as of late.)

In this three-game rut, the Oilers offered up a consolidated 15 objectives on 84 chances, for a 5.00 objectives against normal and .821 save rate (slanted by several vacant netters).

Exclusively, Stuart Skinner halted 35 of the 43 shots he looked in two games, while reinforcement Calvin Pickard halted 34 of 39 in his beginning.

Skinner’s 4.00 objectives against normal and .814 save rate in his last two misfortunes is a long ways from his 1.70 objectives against normal and .934 save rate he hung together en route to his past seven of those eight-straight triumphs.

And keeping in mind that Pickard has shown streaks, his irregularity’s been in plain view in his three beginnings since getting called up from the ranch in Bakersfield, Calif.