Islanders News: Not all loser points are created equal

The captain.Not all loser points are created equal. Some are frustrating, earned only after blowing leads and dropping the extra point. The New York Islanders certainly know a thing or two about that.

But sometimes a team steals a loser point, coming back to force overtime in a game they had no business being in or doing so. That, for a change, is how the Islanders earned their latest loser point last night. Aside from a few stretches, the Edmonton Oilers mostly dominated Islanders and opened up a two-goal lead in the third period. No one would blame you if you thought the Isles were cooked—well, except Anders Lee and Ilya Sorokin.

After Sorokin kept the Islanders from getting blown out of…