Considering last night's game was played in Nashville, maybe you take a shootout loss.
The New York Islanders skated out of Nashville on Thursday night, a place they are now winless in seven straight games (0-4-3) with one point after a 2-1 shootout loss to the Predators, a game that had very little to do with poor effort and a lot to do with missed margins. Tight game. Structured game. And one key mistake.
For much of the night, the Islanders played a strong defensive game and kept Nashville from generating much at even strength, and got another steady performance from David Rittich, who turned aside 26 shots and looked calm and composed from the opening faceoff.