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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- Next years Formula One championship promises to showcase young driving talent keen to emulate 19-year-old rising star Max Verstappen.Goodbye Felipe Massa, hello Lance Stroll.So long Jenson Button, welcome Stoffel Vandoorne.As 30-somethings Massa and Button leave F1 with more than 550 races between them, they will be replaced by the 18-year-old Stroll and the 24-year-old Vandoorne -- two of the fresh faces on a new-look grid.Stroll is taking Massas seat at Williams, while Vandoorne is replacing Button at McLaren.Others, like Frenchman Esteban Ocon, will be keen to make an impression in the way Verstappen has done.Verstappen, the youngest driver to win an F1 race when he won the Spanish GP in May when still 18, already has seven podium finishes.But the others are largely untested.Vandoorne has raced once this year, as a stand-in for Fernando Alonso at the Bahrain GP in April, while Ocon has nine races after making his F1 debut at the Belgian GP in August.But it will be new territory for Stroll, the son of Canadian billionaire investor Lawrence Stroll.Williams announced earlier this month that Stroll would be taking the seat vacated by Massa, who is retiring.Stroll, who was part of the prestigious Ferrari driver academy, won this years European Formula 3 championship by a large margin.I want to be a quick driver -- maybe the quickest one day, he said. If Williams didnt think that I am ready, I wouldnt be here.Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams certainly thinks he is.Hes absolutely got the talent. We are going to have high expectations of him next year, she said. Anyone that has met Lance knows and understands that he deserves that promotion into Formula One. Hes extremely intelligent, a very quick learner.Stroll will be the youngest driver on the grid and F1s youngest since Verstappen made his debut last year at 17.Stroll, the first Canadian in F1 since 1997 champion Jacques Villeneuve, has been financially backed by his father since he was eight.Without that (backing) I wouldnt have been able to move from Canada to Europe and pursue my dream, he said. No matter how much money you have, if you are not able to be quicker than the rest you dont get anywhere.His fathers influence helped his son get a taste for the sport.I watched F1 races with my dad early on Sunday mornings in Canada when I was very young. Then I got hooked, Stroll said. When I look back at those days, it was fantastic sharing this passion for motorsport with my dad. Michael Schumacher was also a huge inspiration for me.Vandoorne, meanwhile, won the GP2 series last year, and is so highly rated that Mercedes head of motorsport Toto Wolff said in August that McLaren would be crazy not to take him.Filling in for Alonso in Bahrain, the Belgian driver made an immediate impression.In qualifying, he was actually faster than Button -- the 2009 F1 champion -- and finished a creditable 10th in the race.Ocon made his F1 debut a month before his 20th birthday. He began this year racing for Mercedes in Germanys DTM touring car championship and was a reserve driver for Renault until the Manor F1 team snapped him up.He will have a quicker car when he joins Force India next season on a multi-year contract, replacing German Nico Hulkenberg, who will drive for Renault.Ocon has strong credentials, winning the European F3 series in 2014. 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Varlamov made 33 saves and Ryan OReilly had a goal and scored in the shootout as the Avalanche beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Thursday night.CHICAGO -- Miguel Montero delivered a memorable swing, Javier Baez stole home with his daring dash down the line and Jon Lester turned in another steady performance on the mound.It all added up to another dramatic victory for the Chicago Cubs, who are off and running in the NL Championship Series.Montero snapped an eighth-inning tie with the third pinch-hit grand slam in postseason history, and Chicago beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4 in the opener Saturday night, moving the Cubs a step closer to their first pennant in 71 years.We hang in there, Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. We dont give up.Game 2 is Sunday night, with the Dodgers once again in need of a clutch performance from ace Clayton Kershaw. Major league ERA leader Kyle Hendricks pitches for the Cubs, chasing their first World Series title since 1908.Lester pitched six effective innings, and Dexter Fowler homered after making two diving catches in center field -- breaking his belt on the second grab. Left fielder Ben Zobrist threw out Adrian Gonzalez at the plate, helping Chicago to its first NLCS victory in 13 years.The Cubs pulled out 14 of their major league-best 103 wins this season in their final at-bat. They added two more in the Division Series against playoff-tested San Francisco, including a four-run ninth in the clinching Game 4.And now, this.Weve kind of proved we can overcome adversity in the game, slugger Kris Bryant said.Chicago was swept by the New York Mets in last years NLCS. Lester & Co. are back again and already in better shape following a crazy eighth inning.In the top half, Gonzalez tied it at 3 with a two-out, two-run single off Aroldis Chapman.Zobrist hit a leadoff double in the bottom of the inning before pinch-hitter Chris Coghlan was intentionally walked with runners at first and second and two outs, bringing up Chapmans spot in the batting order.That was the right thing to do, Maddon said. I probably would have done the same thing.Maddon sent up Montero, who drove an 0-2 slider from loser Joe Blanton halfway up the right-field bleachers for his first hit of the playoffs.I trust Joe. Ive trusted him all year long. Hes been great for us, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. Left a pitch up. ... It just didnt work out.The crowd of 42,376 at Wrigley Field roared as Montero rounded the bases and kept cheering until the veteran catcher popped out of the dugout for a curtain call.I never even thought I was going to hit at that point, Montero said. To be honest, I thought Maddon put me out there just to bring the lefty and get (Willson) Contreras to pinch-hit for me, and they didnt bring the lefty for Contreras.Fowler homered on the next pitch as the Cubs rebounded quickly from a shaky bullpen performance. Hector Rondon allowed Andrew Toles RBI double in the ninth before Chase Utley lined into a game-ending double play.Chapman retired Yasmani Grandal on an inning-ending groundout in the eighth and was credited with the win.Well be ready tomorrow, Gonzalez said. This game gave us a lot of confidence. We know we can beat them.Lester and Baez helped Chicago to a 3-1 lead after seven. But the Dodgers rallied in the eighth, prompting Maddonn to go to Chapman with the bases loaded and no outs.ddddddddddddThe lefty struck out Corey Seager and Yasiel Puig before Gonzalez lined a 102 mph fastball back up the middle. A pumped-up Gonzalez celebrated at first base after delivering Los Angeles first hit in 12 at-bats with the bases loaded in these playoffs.But everything changed in the bottom half, leaving both managers to answer for several difficult decisions. Lester was replaced by a pinch hitter after just 77 pitches, and the intentional walk to Coghlan put the go-ahead run at third.A lot of that stuff was preplanned, Maddon said. You look for situations. Youre looking for the right matchups. But you dont know what hes going to do. ... You have to be able to react.Andre Ethier had a pinch-hit homer for Los Angeles, helped by a strong wind going out to left and left-center on a warm night at Wrigley Field. Kenta Maeda lasted just four innings in his fourth straight shaky outing dating to the regular season.The last time Kershaw was on the mound, he got two outs for the save in Los Angeles clinching Game 5 win at Washington on Thursday night. The taxing final victory over the Nationals left Roberts with few options for the NLCS opener, and the Cubs jumped on Maeda for three runs in the first two innings.There were a lot of pitches I left over the plate that they took advantage of, Maeda said through a translator.Bryant drove in Fowler with an RBI double in the first. Baez, one of the breakout stars of this years postseason, added his own run-scoring double in the second, on a blooper into center over a drawn-in infield.Baez was on third with one out when he initially broke for the plate with Lester squaring to bunt. Lester didnt get the bunt down, and catcher Carlos Ruiz threw to third baseman Justin Turner. Baez hesitated, then kept going toward the plate. He slid in safely before Ruiz could get the tag on him.Baez became the second player to steal home for the Cubs in a postseason game, joining Jimmy Slagle in Game 4 of the 1907 World Series, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.It was a safety squeeze. I went a little too early and I saw I couldnt get back, Baez said. This is the big leagues and a rundown is too easy, so I kept going.HISTORIC SLAMMonteros drive was the first go-ahead grand slam by a pinch hitter in postseason history. Mark Lewis and Ricky Ledee were the other pinch hitters to sock a playoff grand slam. Lewis connected for the Cincinnati Reds in a 1995 Division Series against the Dodgers. Ledee went deep for the New York Yankees in the 1999 ALCS vs. Boston.UP NEXTDodgers: Kershaw pitched in all three Dodgers wins during the Division Series. The three-time Cy Young Award winner is 3-6 with a 4.79 ERA in 16 playoff appearances, including 12 starts.Cubs: Hendricks, who went 16-8 with a 2.13 ERA this season, makes his fourth career playoff start. He left his Division Series start against San Francisco after taking a line drive off his right forearm.---Jay Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jcohenap ' ' '