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What happened last night that you need to know about? Joe McDonald gives us his take on the biggest and best performances. This is where we say, Morning, Joe.Marchand for Art Ross: In our preseason picks, I picked the Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin to win the scoring race for the 2016-17 season. Hes a pretty good choice considering he scored 50 or more goals the last three seasons. But after watching the Boston Bruins Brad Marchand?slice up the opposition for Team Canada during the World Cup of Hockey, and then to see what he did in the season opener Thursday night against the Columbus Blue Jackets, is it possible to think he could win the scoring race in the NHL? Many would think theres no way Marchand had that ability, but his two goals and three assists for five points against the Blue Jackets was a true indication that hes destined to have an incredible season.If you havent seen it yet, watch his second goal of that game and you will be mesmerized by his ability to score. I guess playing at the World Cup with Sidney Crosby helped Marchand realize how good he can be. He scored 37 goals last season and theres no reason to think he cant match, or better, that stat this season. Oh, by the way, the Toronto Maple Leafs Auston Matthews -- he of the record-setting four-goal NHL debut -- held the leagues scoring lead for just one night thanks to Marchands five-point game.Z fits right in: When New York Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton traded forward Derick Brassard to the Ottawa Senators for Mika Zibanejad during the offseason, it was interesting to think how 23-year-old forward would fit with his new team. Well, he proved on Thursday just how good he could be with the Rangers. He showed instant chemistry with linemates Chris Kreider and Pavel Buchnevich. Not only that, but Zibanejad was solid on the power play.Kreider said it best after the Rangers 5-3 win over the New York Islanders: I can speak all day about the guys I am playing with because theyre incredible, he said. They make some ridiculous plays. Zibanejad made it look like he has been playing for the Rangers his entire six-year career in the NHL. When the season ends, this could turn out to be a major acquisition for Gorton and the Rangers.Laine is no slouch, either: You just know that Winnipeg Jets forward Patrik Laine was motivated by Matthews four-goal NHL debut. Its nearly impossible for anyone to achieve the rookie success that Matthews had on Wednesday, but Laine produced a decent effort on Thursday. He registered one goal and one assist for two points in the Jets 5-4 overtime win over the Carolina Hurricanes.I picked Laine to win the 2016-17 Calder Trophy as the leagues rookie of the year. Im impressed by his confidence and ability. 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The XV Paralympic Games open in Rio on Wednesday night with 10-time gold medallist Lee Pearson leading Great Britain into a full to capacity Maracana Stadium.The Rio 2016 organising committee admitted as the Olympics came to a close last month that only 12 percent of the 2.5 million Paralympic tickets had been sold, while International Paralympic Committee president Sir Philip Craven admitted it was the worst build-up to a modern Games.However, it seems Rio has turned things around. Sales passed the 1.5m mark on Sunday and Rio is expected to be behind only London in terms of tickets sold. The London 2012 Paralympics saw 2.7m tickets sold.Wednesdays opening ceremony has been sold out, with 159 nations, plus two refugees in an Independent Paralympic Athletes team, represented, while unlike in the Olympics Russia is banned for state-sponsored doping.Rio 2016 spokesperson Mario Andrada said: We passed 1.6million tickets sold. The opening ceremony is sold out.We are following very much the same pattern that we have seen in the Olympic Games. Right before the Olympic Games we were selling around 40,000 tickets a day and we are selling around 40,000 tickets a day now for the Paralympics.We had peaks of selling 146,000 tickets (a day) for the Paralympics. The day that we sold most tickets was for the Paralympics.If you count the tickets sold we expect more people in the Paralympic Park next Saturday and Sunday than we could have seen during the Olympic Games.Britains chances of surpassing their target of 120 medals won at London 2012 and finishing second on the medal table, behind China, are boosted by Russias absence. Russia were second in the standings four years ago.Pearson will lead ParalympicsGB into the Maracana Stadium at the start of his fifth Games.The 42-year-old equestrian rider from Staffordshire describes himself as a colourful ccharacter.ddddddddddddHe believes the fact a gay bloke has been selected as flag bearer by his 263 teammates shows the strength and diversity of the team and the nation.The selection follows Kate Richardson-Walsh, who won hockey gold alongside wife Helen, being chosen to carry the flag at the Olympic closing ceremony last month.It just shows how diverse, how accepting, how lovely and how strong our team is, Pearson said.Thats why Im so proud of my fellow athletes. What an amazing nation to have - weve got so many diverse characters, different religions and races... To vote a gay bloke to be in that position is a massive honour.The first of 11 days of competition takes place on Thursday and the Games run until September 18.Irelands Jason Smyth is expected to be the fastest performer at the Games.The 29-year-old partially sighted sprinter from Londonderry set the fastest time in Paralympic competition in winning gold at London 2012 in 10.46 seconds.He competes on Friday morning, while the eagerly anticipated T44 100m final featuring amputee sprinters and defending champion Jonnie Peacock takes place later on the same day.Smyth is a four-time Paralympic champion and has been nicknamed the Paralympics Usain Bolt.Smyth, whose personal best is 10.22secs, said: Everyone in the world knows Usain Bolt and how incredible an athlete he is. To be put in the same sentence as him is a great honour and hopefully the main thing is for me to continue and run fast.Usain Bolt didnt break a world record this year either so maybe I can get away with not doing it.Major championship running is about trying to win. At the end of the day its about trying to make sure youre the first person across the line and thats my main target. ' ' '