Best Bets for Today - Top Plays Across NFL, NBA and NHL for Thursday November 13 2025

By: Kim Smith Published 11/13/2025, 03:45 AM ET

The best bets for Thursday 11/13/25 is coming from the NFL, NBA, and the NHL. All of these are the games that I feel are going to hit nicely, but also ones that I think are the best options out of all the sports on the books. To catch even more of our best bets make sure you check out our best bets page.

My Best Bets

Boston Bruins vs Ottawa Senators - Over 6.5 (+110)
Indiana Pacers vs Phoenix Suns - Phoenix Suns -5.5 (EVEN)
New York Jets at New England Patriots - New York Jets +13.5 (-110)

Bruins vs Senators

The Bruins and the Senators are coming to this game here in what I think will be an offensive showing. Both of these teams have an offense that is hitting a combined 6.74 on the goal scoring with 3.39 from the Bruins and 3.35 from the Senators. The defense for neither one of these teams is looking impressive either with both defenses giving up over 3 goals a game. Something else to consider is in their last 5 games the Bruins have went over the 6.5 total 3 times, but the Senators have went over the total only once. The last meeting between these two teams ended up hitting the under with the Bruins winning in overtime. However, in this game here I am thinking that the total goes over as both of these teams will look for the offensive output more than the defense. Be sure to check out the full Bruins vs Senators pick.

Pacers vs Suns

This is a game that the Pacers are the underdog by only 5.5 points and that is what the opening line was. However, this is also a Pacers team that is coming here after getting blown out in 3 out of their last 5 games. The most recent loss was a road loss to Utah by a score of 152-128. The Suns for their part are heading to this game after getting a win over the Dallas Mavericks by a score of 123-114 a game that would have covered the spread in this game even and that was a road win. I look for the Pacers to continue to play basketball, but the lack of a strong defense is what will cost the Pacers in this game here as I see the Suns pulling out the win and covering the 5.5 spread. Get our full Pacers vs Suns Pick.

Jets vs Patriots

The Jets are only down by 13.5 points in this game facing the Patriots. Now, I know that does sound like a spread the Patriots could cover, but if you look at the information on the Patriots in their last 5 games they have only covered what the spread would be in this game 2 times and both of those were against the Browns and the Titans. The Jets for their part after getting the win against the Bengals have looked somewhat like a professional NFL team and winning games and playing competitive in them. With that being the case, I think the 13.5 point spread for the Patriots is to many points for the Patriots to cover and I think the Jets will cover the spread, but come up short of winning the game. Check out the full Jets vs Patriots pick.

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