Evan Bouchard had arguably one of the worst games of his NHL career in the Edmonton Oilers’ loss to the New York Islanders, on Thursday night.

Mistakes he made led directly to two goals against, and he had several more giveaways and blunders that led to quality scoring chances.

“I’m going to have to improve on that,” Bouchard said. “You learn from it — obviously a lot of learning. Yeah, part of the game is forget good and bad, so move on, be ready next game.”

Bouchard is the fourth-highest paid defenseman in the NHL and tied for 14th among all players at a salary cap hit of $10.5 million, and he’s well worth that price when he’s creating more offense for his team than opponents. His 72 points over past three playoffs are 40 more than the next-closest player at the position.

“I know

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