Panthers xxxx Blue Jackets

     The Florida Panthers xxxx the Columbus Blue Jackets x-x on Tuesday night at Nationwide Arena. The Panthers completed a stretch of opening the 2026-27 regular season playing six of their first seven games on the road. 

     Florida(2-2-2)

     Columbus(2-2-0)

Adam Boqvist Lands In Switzerland

     One-time Florida Panthers defenseman Adam Boqvist is off to Europe. He has signed a two-year contract with Geneve-Servette in Switzerland. 

     Boqvist spent a part of the 2024-25 season with the Panthers. He finished up with two goals and four assists for six points in 18 contests with Florida. 

Marlins Let Go Craig Minervini

     The Miami Marlins have released Craig Minervini as their television studio host, backup television play-by-play announcer and fill-in radio play-by-play announcer. It concluded Minervini's long reign in the Marlins broadcasting department. 

     Minervini, a Commack, New York native and Syracuse University 1985 grad, has held the position of Marlins television studio analyst and television sideline reporter since the 2002 season. The video clip most seen of Minervini on the job by the public was him interviewing Miguel Cabrera after he got his first Major League Baseball game-winning hit in 2003. 

     He started his professional broadcasting career as sideline reporter Craig DeGeorge in the World Wrestling Federation in the late 1980s. Minervini landed at WPBF-TV Channel 25 in West Palm Beach as a sportscaster. He moved on to become a sportscaster at WTVJ-TV Channel 6 in Miami.

    Minervini had two stints as a television studio host on Florida Panthers broadcasts. He was there from September 2003 until April 2012 and from August 2015 to April 2024. 

Marlins Release Kyle Sielaff

     Miami Marlins television play-by-play announcer Kyle Sielaff will not be returning to his role with the club. He was their television voice of the team for the past two seasons.

     Sielaff, a Trumansburg, New York native and University of Miami 2012 grad, joined the Marlins organization as a radio intern in 2013 and a broadcast coordinator in 2014. He moved up to the radio producer position in 2015 and would later add duties as the radio studio host. 

     He became the secondary radio play-by-play announcer in 2022 and was elevated to the lead radio play-by-play announcer position in 2023. Sielaff was promoted to the television play-by-play announcer post prior to the 2025 season. 

Jeff Nelson Gone From Marlins

     Jeff Nelson will no longer be the television game analyst with the Miami Marlins. He was one of several changes made by the Marlins organization concerning on-air talent. 

     Nelson became a part of the Marlins announcing team as a television studio analyst in 2016. He shared the television game analyst role with Tommy Hutton from 2022 to 2026. He added duties as a radio game analyst in 2025.

     He was the New York Yankees television game analyst on YES Network. His contract was not renewed by the Yankees organization after the 2025 season. 

Marlins Dump Rod Allen

     The Miami Marlins decided to release on-air personality Rod Allen. He joined the team as a television studio analyst and television game analyst in 2022. Allen added to his role as a radio game analyst in 2025. 

     Allen had a long reign as a television game analyst with the Detroit Tigers. He held that position from 2003 until 2018. 

Sabres Exhaust Panthers

     The Buffalo Sabres outlasted the Florida Panthers 5-3 at KeyBank Center on Monday afternoon. The Panthers, playing in their fifth road contest, lost their first road game in regulation this season. 

     The National Hockey League introduced Monday afternoon games starting this season to gain audiences in European nations with primetime evening programming. This was the first Monday afternoon contest played in 2026-27. 

     The Sabres captured the Atlantic Division title last season and ended an NHL-record, 14-season postseason drought. The Panthers won the Stanley Cup in 2024 and 2025. 

     Florida(2-2-2) was outshot 8-1 in the first eight minutes of the contest. Buffalo(3-3-0) took to a 1-0 lead at the 5:58 mark of the first period. Josh Doan pulled off a give-and-go pass with Peyton Krebs in the neutral zone. Doan placed in a wrist shot from the top right circle past Jacob Markstrom for his first goal in 2026-27. 

     The Panthers evened it up 1-1 with 9:00 remaining in the first. Sandis Vilmanis passed from high slot area. Aaron Ekblad shot the puck from the right point and Anton Lundell redirected it from the slot, which was saved by Colten Ellis. Lundell put in a turnaround wrist shot from below the right circle for his first goal of the season. 

     The Sabres reclaimed the lead 2-1 on the power play with 4:05 left in the opening frame. Tage Thompson cycled the puck from the end wall and Jack Quinn pushed it from the left corner. Rasmus Dahlin blasted a one-time slap shot from the high slot for his second tally this year. Akira Schmid replaced Markstrom in goal for the Panthers at the conclusion of the first period. 

     The Cats tied it 1-1 on the man advantage at 6:26 of the second period. Matthew Tkachuk fed a pass from the right wing and Seth Jones fired a slap shot from the top of the zone. It was stopped in the blue paint and former Sabres player Sam Reinhart poked it in for his first goal of the campaign. Tkachuk extended his point streak to five games on the play. 

     Buffalo moved ahead 3-2 with 8:35 to go in the second. Owen Power sent a lead pass from behind his own cage and Olen Zellweger angled a pass from the red line. Ryan MacLeod raced through the middle of the ice and was able to score on a wrist shot from the top of the crease for his first tally this season. 

     It became a tie game 3-3 with 6:19 left in the period as the Panthers converted the power play again. A shot by Jones from the right point was saved. Brady Tkachuk made a no-look backhand pass between his legs from the right side of the crease and Reinhart snapped a shot from the low slot for his second goal of the game and second goal of the year. Reinhart set a Panthers franchise record with his 85th career power-play goal passing Aleksander Barkov. Tkachuk collected his first point in a Panthers uniform six games into the 2026-27 season. 

     In the third period, the Sabres made it 4-3 with a power-play goal at the 7:15 mark. Quinn centered the puck from the end wall. Zach Benson connected a square pass from the low left circle and Noah Ostlund collected his second goal of the season when he swept a shot from the crease area.  

     Buffalo increased their lead to 5-3 with 6:40 remaining in the third. Krebs sent a diagonal pass outside the Sabres blue line. Power connected a cross-ice pass from the right point and Thompson released a snap shot from the high slot for his fourth goal of the campaign.