Beauvillier’s hat trick helps Isles top Rangers

NEW YORK — Anthony Beauvillier had three goals and an assist, and the New York Islanders held off the Rangers 7-5 on Thursday night to keep up their recent mastery over their cross-town rival.

Leo Komarov had a goal and an assist, and Anders Lee, Brock Nelson and Cal Clutterbuck also scored as the Islanders beat the Rangers for the 12th time in 13 meetings since the start of 2015-16 season. Valtteri Filppula had three assists, Nick Leddy added two, and Thomas Greiss stopped 36 shots to help the Islanders get their seventh win in their last 10 overall.

Beauvillier got his first career hat trick and first four-point game as the Islanders, second in the Metropolitan Division, remained perfect in seven games against division teams this season.

Chris Kreider had two goals and Fredrik Claesson and Filip Chytil also scored for the Rangers, who were 6-0-1 in their last seven. Henrik Lundqvist gave up five goals on 17 shots through the first two periods. Alexandar Georgiev replaced him to start the third and had five saves.

Komarov scored midway through the third to give the Islanders a 6-3 lead after trailing 2-0 less than six minutes into the game.

Kreider’s second powerplay goal of the night with 6:47 left pulled the Rangers back within two, and Chytil scored with 21⁄2 minutes remaining to make it 6-5.

The Rangers pulled Georgiev for an extra skater with a little more than two minutes remaining but couldn’t get the equalizer. Clutterbuck sealed the win with an empty-netter with 21 seconds left.

DEVILS 3, FLYERS 0: Keith Kinkaid made 29 saves and Kyle Palmieri scored for New Jersey.

Joey Anderson also scored and Blake Coleman added an empty-netter for the Devils, who won consecutive games for the first time since opening the season with four straight victories. New Jersey got its second road win in nine tries this season. The Devils have played eight of their last nine on the road.

Philadelphia lost its second straight after Tuesday’s 2-1 loss to Florida ended a six-game point streak.

Besides Kinkaid’s strong game, the Devils had fortune on their side. Philadelphia hit the goal post five times and had a goal disallowed.