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.
The Islanders’ season-killing slide reached 0-4-4 with Thursday night’s hard-luck 2-1 shootout loss at Edmonton, leaving just Sunday night’s game at Calgary left to salvage a win on this road trip that has started 0-0-3.
The Islanders were the better team for the first 58 minutes on Thursday night but could manage no more than a 1-0 lead against Oilers goalie Cam Talbot.