3 Key Edmonton Oilers Takeaways: McDavid's 4-point night, shaky Skinner and more from 3-2 OT win over Isles 

The Edmonton Oilers welcomed their former bitter rival from their dynasty days of the 1980s, the New York Islanders, to Rogers Place. For the Islanders, it was the first in a Western road swing, while the Oilers returned to home ice following a 7-3 drubbing of the Vancouver Canucks earlier in the week.

And once again, superstar captain Connor McDavid showed why he holds the mantle as the league's top player. His four points, including an assist on the overtime game-winning goal, contributed to what was a 4-3 victory for the Oilers.

Fellow star Leon Draisaitl opened the scoring with a power-play goal in the first period, giving the Oilers the 1-0 lead just 36 seconds after the opening face-off. Kyle Palmieri responded for New York with his seventh tally of the season to knot the score at 1-1.

Neither team found the back of the net in the game's middle frame, setting up a back-and-forth third period. Evan Bouchard scored just 57 seconds into the period, while McDavid added his fifth goal midway through.

However, the Islanders mounted a comeback effort thanks to a pair of goals from captain Anders Lee, including the tying marker at 17:20 of the third.

In overtime, Draisaitl once again played the role of hero, securing the extra point for Edmonton with a wrist shot past the blocker of Ilya Sorokin after taking a pass from McDavid to send the fans home happy.

Sorokin finished with 38 saves in a losing effort, while Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner had a far less busy workload with 19 saves.

3 biggest takeaways from Edmonton Oilers' 4-3 OT win over New York Islanders

#3. Goaltender Stuart Skinner's performance remains shaky at best

It was the biggest doubt for the Oilers entering this season, and it continues to give their detractors fuel.

The goaltending situation for Edmonton isn't striking fear into any opponent, and Skinner's leaky performance by surrendering three goals on just 22 shots isn't the kind of night that a team with aspirations of returning to the Stanley Cup Final wants to see from their netminder.

Despite the win, his goals-against average remains 3:22 with an equally unimpressive .822 save percentage.

#2. Oilers overcame a defensive breakdown in the third period

While the Oilers appeared to have things well in control in the third period, a pair of breakdowns opened the door for the Islanders to knot the score.

The defense failed to account for Anders Lee, who banged home a rebound past Skinner for his first of two goals; he then converted shortly after a faceoff win in Edmonton's defensive zone.

Edmonton can be thankful that their elite offensive attack bailed them out, but it's not a long-term winning strategy.

#1. Connor McDavid continues to show no ill-effects from his injury

The Oilers captain was forced to sit for a handful of games late last month after he suffered a lower-body injury.

However, since his return, he's shown no signs of slowing down and looks every bit as good as the player who won the Conn Smythe Trophy in the Spring despite falling short of winning the Stanley Cup.

That's good news for the Oilers and bad news for their competition.

McDavid and Co. host the Nashville Predators next at Rogers Place on Thursday.