Newsday · Mar 9, 2018
Isles-Oilers post-game analysis: Gibson, Eberle and a positive note
The Islanders' Jordan Eberle and Oilers' Oscar Klefbom vie for the puck in the first period on March 8, 2018, in Edmonton, Alberta. Photo Credit: The Islanders’ Jordan Eberle and Oilers’ Oscar Klefbom vie for the puck in the first period on March 8, 2018, in Edmonton, Alberta.The cliché is being snake-bitten, with the origin of that descriptor coming from throwing the unwanted double ones – snake eyes – in the dice game of craps.
And that is the Islanders, who, when they aren’t playing poorly, aren’t playing with any luck.