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Capitals in a one-goal thriller over Panthers

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Capitals 4, Panthers 3. That's the whole story on the scoreboard, and it's a tight one. Washington takes the win by a single goal, which means every shift and every late chance is going to get dissected in this thread. Florida has to sit with a loss decided by the thinnest margin there is, and that stings.

The Paddock Report doesn't have the full play-by-play in front of us, so we won't pretend to know which goal swung the momentum or who was the difference-maker. What we can say is that a one-goal final tells you the margins were razor-thin, and the team that found the net one more time walked away with both points.

On the handicapping side, DarkHorse did not publish a pick on this matchup, so there's no hit or miss to grade. No ticket to celebrate, no ticket to burn. Just a result for the record books and a game worth arguing about.

Drop your takes below. Was Washington the better team, or did Florida simply run out of time? Let's hear it.

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