ON TODAY'S SCORECARD
8 DAYS A WEEK

How many days of the week are you willing to give the NFL? It started with Sundays. Then Mondays. Then Thursdays. Then some Fridays and Saturdays. Ready to devote your Wednesdays to the league, too? You'd better be. It's coming.

What we're hearing: The NFL will kick off the 2026 season on a Wednesday night, as WSJ reported last week. Meanwhile, there are rumblings that the league is exploring playing a game on Thanksgiving Eve — which is, of course, also a Wednesday.

Did you expect anything less? The NFL already muscled the NBA off its traditional Christmas perch, encroached on college football's postseason and created a "Black Friday Game" tradition. Now, it's breaking the seal on Hump Day.

Hey. Once you get people accustomed to tuning in on Wednesdays during the season, why not go for the biggest Wednesday of them all, the one right before Thanksgiving? It's just sitting there untouched, right?

Yahoo Sports’ Jay Busbee put it best when he said, “The world's richest sports league can commandeer every compelling date on the calendar — but that doesn't mean it should. The NFL works because it's contained. It has a rhythm. A cadence. Scarcity is the magic. Add more nights and you're not just expanding the schedule — you're eroding the ritual. Careful, Roger!

Before you know it, it’ll soon to be NFL 8 Days A Week.

FROM VICTOR KINGS
NBA DAY TO DAY TRENDS
WEDNESDAY, March 25th...

Chicago @ PHILADELPHIA – 0-12 ATS Wednesday RG, 1-9 ATS L10 conf RG / Phil: 1-10 OU L11 vs Bulls (214.7), 1-4 OU home vs < .500 opp... Atlanta @ DETROIT – Atl: Series visitor 9-1 ATS, 5-1 ATS in 1/1 rest sit vs conf / Det: 1-4 ATS home w/ game next day, 4-1 OU L5 vs Hawks (247.8)... La Lakers @ INDIANA – LAL: 5-1 ATS L6 vs Pacers, 6-0 OU away vs .400 < non-conf opp / Indy: 1-6 ATS L7 vs PAC Div, 3-0 OU L3 vs Lakers (241.7)... Oklahoma City @ BOSTON – OKC: 4-0 OU in 1/2 rest sit, 5-1 OU away vs > .600 opp / Bos: 4-0 ATS in 2/1 rest sit TY, 5-0 OU L5 vs Thunder (236.6)... Miami @ CLEVELAND – Mia: 5-0 ATS away w/ sing conf revenge, 4-1 ATS away vs unrested conf opp / Clev: 1-4 ATS home w/ no rest, 6-1 OU L7 vs Heat (232.3)... San Antonio @ MEMPHIS – San: 6-0 ATS Wednesdays vs conf, 5-0-1 ATS in 1/1 rest sit vs div / Mem: 3-15 ATS vs .666 > opp, 5-1 OU in 1/1 rest sit vs div... Washington @ UTAH – Wash: 1-5 ATS away vs .333 < opp, 6-1 OU L7 away vs Jazz (238.9) / Utah: 6-0 ATS L6 vs Wizards, 8-1 ATS vs .300 < non-conf opp... Houston @ MINNESOTA – Hou: 5-1 ATS away in 1/2 rest sit, 2-8 OU on Wednesdays / Min: 1-5 ATS Wednesday HG, 1-9 OU in 2/1 rest sit... Milwaukee @ PORTLAND – Milw: 1-5 OU L6 vs T’Blazers (223.7), 2-8 OU L10 vs NW Div / Port: 5-0 ATS L5 vs Bucks, 4-0 ATS home in 1/1 rest sit.... Dallas @ DENVER – Dall: 3-12 ATS L15 conf RG, 5-0 OU L5 vs unrested opp / Denv: 3-0 OU TY vs Mavs (246.7), 6-1 OU w/ no rest... Brooklyn @ GOLDEN STATE – Brk: 5-1-1 OU L7 vs Warriors (236.8), 8-2 OU L10 vs PAC Div / GSt: 5-1 OU Wednesdays, 4-1 OU home vs < .400 opp... Toronto @ LA CLIPPERS – Tor: 1-5 ATS in 1/1 rest sit, 5-21 OU L6 w/ sing revenge / Phoe: 11-1 ATS L12 vs > .500 opp, 7-0 OU L7 vs ATL Div.

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With just three weeks left in the regular season, the 2025-26 Atlantic Division has a chance to go down as one of the best divisions in NHL history.

By the numbers: The red-hot Sabres* sit atop the red-hot Atlantic, which has a cumulative points percentage of .597. That's on pace to be the highest of any division since the league moved to four divisions in 2013, besting the 2016-17 Metropolitan (.592).

• All eight teams in the Atlantic have a points percentage of .500 or better, which means they've all earned points (either two for a win or one for an OT loss) from at least half their games.

• Five teams — Buffalo, Tampa Bay, Montreal, Boston and Detroit — have a points percentage of .600 or better. No other division has more than three such teams.

Consider this: The sixth-place Senators (37-24-9) would be in first place if they were in the Pacific Division. First place!

Playoff picture: As you can see below, it's not just the Atlantic Division teams racking up points; the Eastern Conference as a whole has been significantly better than the West this season.

• East: Hurricanes (96 points), Sabres (95), Lightning (91), Canadiens (86), Bruins (86), Penguins (86), Blue Jackets (85), Islanders (85) … Red Wings (84), Senators (83), Flyers (80), Capitals (79) in the hunt.

• West: Avalanche (102), Stars (97), Wild (92), Ducks (82), Mammoth (80), Golden Knights (78), Oilers (77), Predators (75) … Kings (73), Kraken (71), Sharks (70), Jets (70), Blues (67) in the hunt.

*Ending the drought: The first-place Sabres are on a ridiculous heater (33-6-3 in their last 42 games!), putting them in position to snap the longest postseason drought in NHL history. Buffalo last made the playoffs in 2011, when current leading scorer Tage Thompson was 13 years old.

Brian Blessing would be so proud of the Sabres.