It was the best of games, it was the worst of games.

An opening night that started out with such joy and promise for the new-look Edmonton Oilers — the home team romping out to a 3-0 lead over Calgary in the first 30 minutes — ended up in a crushing face plant Wednesday night.

A 4-3 defeat? Fans left Rogers Place feeling like they’d been sucker punched by Georges Laraque.

What happened? Here are the Good Bad and Ugly of that opening night fumble.

THE GOOD

• The power play scored two goals on its first two chances, staking Edmonton the early lead. This team relies heavily, maybe too heavily, on the man advantage, but having their nuclear weapon fine tuned bodes well for the season.

• Former Flame Andrew Mangiapane scored a nice snipe into the top corner and showed well enough that t

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