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The last time fans were in the Bell Centre, many were probably expecting their team to be playing its final game of the year, down 3-2 to the favoured Toronto Maple Leafs and not given much of a chance to come back. The percentage of the 2,500 in attendance probably gradually increased as the Canadiens were bombarded in the overtime period that game, with a killing blow seeming inevitable.