Garden beat nab

Isles fan held over split lip after rout

An angry hockey fan decked out in a New York Islanders jersey punched a Rangers supporter in the face, giving him a bloody, split lip outside Madison Square Garden after a blowout Rangers win Wednesday night, police sources and witnesses said.

The crowds were pouring out of the Garden at about 9:45 p.m. after the Rangers' 5-0 victory over the Isles when the fighting fans squared off on Seventh Ave., between 31st and 32nd Sts., witnesses said.

The alleged attacker (photo), who wore a Todd Bertuzzi jersey, pounded the Rangers fan in the face, witnesses said.

Medics took the victim to Bellevue Medical Center. His condition wasn't immediately known. Cops cuffed the Islanders fan and hauled him to the Midtown South Precinct stationhouse.

“I responded with the cops. It was two guys in hockey jerseys fighting it out. One was cutting the other,” said an MSG security guard, who didn't give his name. “When we got there, he was bleeding and he was down.”

“His girlfriend was trying to explain to the cops what happened,” the guard added.

Rangers fan Rich Eubanks, 46, said several fights broke out after the game.

“He was down and out. He was bleeding from his nose to his cheek. Someone was holding his neck steady while another guy called 911,” Eubanks said. “It was Islanders vs. Rangers, and it was a Rangers fan down. There were fights all night long. It's sad. It was a good game.”