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Ken Dryden saw only 24 Washington Capitals shots on April 2, 1977, the Canadiens raining 42 on a shell-shocked Bernie Wolfe at the other end of the rink.

When the smoke had cleared that night, a forest fire having blazed in the Forum, the Habs were 11-0 winners, Wolfe was nursing a scorched neck from a goal light that was turned on seven times in the third period, and Dryden was the author of his 10th shutout of the season.

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A nasty way to treat the homecoming Wolfe. The former Sir George Williams University goaltending star would go 0-for-18 lifetime against the Canadiens on some truly awful Capitals teams, beginning with a 9-3 loss on Dec. 6, 1975.

“Maybe management isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer,” Wolfe told me with a laugh during a 2004 talk. “Since I was from Montreal, they figured they’d start me against Montreal every game.”

If he listens carefully, nearly four decades after his cakewalk over the Caps, Dryden will hear a gentle knocking on his door this morning. And those would be the knuckles of Carey Price.