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Anthony Beauvillier needs a spark after sluggish start

ANAHEIM, Calif. — To a certain degree, Anthony Beauvillier is pretty curious which linemates he’ll be skating with when the Islanders reconvene for practice on Tuesday. Yet he knows any improvement to his sluggish start must come from the way he’s playing, not who he’s playing with.

“I’ve just got to get back to my identity and play the way I should be playing,” Beauvillier said on Sunday after the Islanders practiced at the Ducks’ facility at Anaheim Ice. “It doesn’t matter what line I’m on. I’ve just got to get back to basics.”

Beauvillier has gone without a point in his first four games and coach Barry Trotz finally separated him and No.