Predators 3 (EN), Islanders 1: Points lost to ‘calamity of errors’

Why do you guys do those things you do?The New York Islanders were seconds away from at least a point to open an important four-game road trip and instead...they threw it away through a series of mind-boggling decisions.

A game that at one point looked like it would be the perfect 0-0 tribute to old friend Barry Trotz instead became a late blown lead followed by a backbreaking winner with seven seconds to go. The Nashville Predators added an empty-netter at the buzzer to seal the insult and a 3-1 loss for the Isles.

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It was scoreless through two periods and a solid defensive effort from the Isles. Their opponent had traveled…