Here's one of my team's club games
I'm playing center (red arrow).
Our right d-man was new, just got the game a week before.
I know it may not look like it but the other team is an Elite team with a pretty damn good record. We got owned 4-1 the game before by them and really tightened down in this game.
Some tips:
If you are playing against human d-men, pressure them like crazy with the forwards on the forecheck. They'll panic and make a bad play.
But if you are playing a team with human forwards and ai d-man, back the hell up, hold LT (L2) and skate backwards in the passing lanes. The forwards will call for the puck and it'll come right to you. The easiest teams we play against are the ones with trigger happy forwards who call for the puck any chance they get. I get like 10 interceptions a game against them.
Playing against teams with 4/5 players, use the dump and chase more since most teams have players that collapse hard to the puck carrier trying to enter the zone.