Byline: ARTHUR STAPLE Newsday
NEW YORK -- The seats were far from full and the play was as ragged as expected in an early preseason game. But sports returned to New York City Wednesday night, as welcome a sight as any in the past nine days of sadness.
The Rangers defeated the Devils, 6-1, as Eric Lindros made his debut in a New York uniform by scoring a goal. But the story was simply that two hockey teams and about 6,000 fans came out to Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. It was the first event of any kind in the Garden since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
Rangers captain Mark Messier was a late scratch because of neck spasms. But he gauged the …
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