Pre-Scout: Islanders visit Oilers amid season-long road trip
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This is the second straight time the Edmonton Oilers host a team that just lost to the Winnipeg Jets.The New York Islanders make their annual pilgrimage to Edmonton following a 5-4 loss, as they glide across the continent on a season-long road trip.The group upfront took the blame, despite coming back from three goals down, as the usually steady Iyla Sorokin made just 17 saves.“It felt like the game we expected tonight,” Lee said. “I think we knew that this Winnipeg team is much better than where they are right now and can easily put a big push in.“Defensively, we have to be better, there’s no question about it…We know that in this room. It wasn’t our best tonight. You put in (four) goals and it’s not enough to get a point. We made some mistakes on the back-end tonight as a group, and we can fix that.” The Islander names of old, combined with new faces, are making a competitive run for playoff contention, sitting second in the Metro Division with a 25-16-5 record.That’s already within ten wins of their total a year ago, where they........
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