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How does the saying go? You can take the captain out of the gold medal game, but you can't take the gold out of the captain?
Well, something like that.
The Detroit Red Wings opened the second half of the NHL season in Ottawa as captain Dylan Larkin scored his second goal of the game at 1:50 of overtime, giving the Wings a 2-1 win on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026.
Larkin, an Olympic gold medalist for Team USA on Sunday, started the winning rush Thursday with a pass to Lucas Raymond at center ice. Larkin then got behind Ottawa’s Shane Pinto, took the return pass, deked and slid a backhand shot between the pads of Linus Ullmark for his 28th goal of the season.
John Gibson made 26 saves for the Red Wings, who had lost four of five before the break. Raymond, an Olympian with Sweden, had two assists.
Fellow U.S. gold medalist Brady Tkachuk scored for the Senators, who had won five of six before the break. Ullmark made 18 saves.
Detroit Red Wings playoff picture
The Red Wings (34-19-6) have won the first three meetings of the season series, including two in overtime. The win jumped the Wings into second place in the Atlantic Division, a point ahead of the Montreal Canadiens (who lost in overtime on Thursday and still have a game in hand on the Wings) but six points back of the Tampa Bay Lightning, who have two games in hand on the Wings.
Next up for the Red Wings
The Wings have just two more games remaining in their semi-epic road swing; in all, the Wings will spend just five games away from Little Caesars Arena, but that will cover a span of 31 days (and all of February), with two games before the Olympic break, the time for Larkin, Raymond and defenseman Moritz Seider in Milan, and then three more visits around the league. The Wings are on to Carolina for a matchup with the Metropolitan Division-leading Hurricanes on Saturday (7 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network). That's followed by a Monday matinee (2 p.m.) against the Predators in Nashville before the Wings finally return home to host the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday.
An early veto by the refs
The Wings appeared to take an early lead off a goal by Michael Rasmussen, who had not scored since the last time the Wings and Senators played, on Jan. 5 (also in Ottawa). But the goal was waved off on an offsides challenge, with big Elmer Söderblom inching into the offensive zone seconds before the puck controlled by Rasmussen did.
Tkachuk then gave the Senators a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal 18:44 into the first period. Jake Sanderson’s point shot deflected off the skate of Rasmussen to Tkachuk, who scored on a wrist shot from the high slot.
Larkin answered with a power-play goal at 5:24 of the second period. Raymond skated along the goal line and slid a back-hand pass to Larkin, who one-timed it past Ullmark from the bottom of the left circle.
Gibson maintained the tie early in the third period when a shot by Pinto got behind him but he knocked the puck away with his left skate before it crossed the goal line.
Pinto had a good opportunity on the rush in the final seconds of regulation but Gibson made a blocker save.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Dylan Larkin still golden as Detroit Red Wings veto Senators in OT
See the updated list of Recopa Sul-Americana champions 🏆
The Maracanã decided on Thursday (26) yet another champion of the South American Recopa.
Lanús overcame Flamengo in overtime and won the title for the first time in its history.
This is the second consecutive year that the trophy goes to an Argentine team that won the South American Cup the previous year.
Additionally, since 2020 all Recopa winners have claimed the title for the first time.
The competition, which pits the Libertadores champion against the winner of a "secondary" Conmebol tournament, was first held in 1989.
Since then, it only did not take place from 1999 to 2002.
Despite being runners-up this year, Brazil is the country with the most trophies, with 13, compared to Argentina's 12, which is in second place.
Check below the list of all the champions in the history of the South American Recopa:
Boca Juniors: 4 (1990, 2005, 2006, and 2008)
River Plate: 3 (2015, 2016, and 2019)
São Paulo: 2 (1993 and 1994)
Internacional: 2 (2007 and 2011)
LDU: 2 (2009 and 2010)
Olimpia: 2 (1991 and 2003)
Grêmio: 2 (1996 and 2018)
Nacional-URU: 1 (1989)
Colo-Colo: 1 (1992)
Independiente: 1 (1995)
Cruzeiro: 1 (1998)
Vélez Sarsfield: 1 (1997)
Cienciano: 1 (2004)
Santos: 1 (2012)
Corinthians: 1 (2013)
Atlético-MG: 1 (2014)
Atlético Nacional: 1 (2017)
Flamengo: 1 (2020)
Defensa y Justicia: 1 (2021)
Palmeiras: 1 (2022)
Independiente del Valle: 1 (2023)
Fluminense: 1 (2024)
Racing: 1 (2025)
Lanús: 1 (2026)
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NC State beats Wake Forest, 65-56
Of all the games NC State has played this season, this was certainly one of them. A dreadful effort from start to finish, where the defensive intensity lacked in the first half and execution at the offensive end was poor throughout, but the lengthy stretches of inconsistency didn’t matter because Wake Forest is just that bad.
You’d think that, given what is on the line, and the fact that this was the last home game of the season, the team might feel a little bit of urgency, but there was none of that, and instead they let a very bad team hang around for no reason.
The game never felt in doubt—Wake Forest has had its inspirational performances against State, but this was not one of them. It was just confusing.
Wake Forest chose to bog this game down by playing 2-3 zone and sending nobody to the offensive glass for the duration. That 2-3 was so bad it reminded my of my days in intramurals, but anyway, NC State just had a rough time executing despite having all kinds of opportunities. The timing was not there, and the results followed.
This team is so frustrating, and I’m not used to getting battered like this at the same time by both sides of NC State basketball. But we carry on.