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Alex Ovechkin scored four goals to become the first player in 100 years with back-to-back hat tricks to open a season, and the Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-1 on Saturday night. CBC | Sports News

ANTONIO CONTE is weighing up quitting Premier League champions Chelsea at the end of the season and returning home to Italy. Daily Express :: Sport Feed

Third-period goals by Tyler Bozak, Leo Komarov and Nazem Kadri helped stave off a four-goal New York Rangers comeback and give the Toronto Maple Leafs an 8-5 win in a wild home opener Saturday night. CBC | Sports News

Watch live on television and online at 10 p.m. ET as the Edmonton Oilers visit the Vancouver Canucks on Hockey Night on Canada. CBC | Sports News

Bryce Harper hit a tying two-run homer in the eighth inning and Ryan Zimmerman tacked on a three-run shot moments later to lift the Washington Nationals to a 6-3 comeback victory over the defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs on Saturday, evening their NL Division Series at a game apiece. CBC | Sports News

Watch live on television and online at 7 p.m. ET as the New York Rangers visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Hockey Night on Canada. CBC | Sports News

MAROUANE FELLAINI may have suffered knee ligament damage, according to Belgium boss Roberto Martinez. Daily Express :: Sport Feed

This year, for the first time in its 11-year history, the Canadian Women’s Hockey League will offer its players a paycheque. But they still need day jobs to make ends meet. CBC | Sports News

Jaromir Jagr opted not to play in the Calgary Flames home-opener Saturday against the Winnipeg Jets. CBC | Sports News

Marianne St-Gelais and Samuel Girard continued Canada’s torrid start to the World Cup short track season with gold-medal finishes – just two of five speed skating medals won on Saturday in the Netherlands. CBC | Sports News