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ProtectThePipes

CGrade

PS5 / Xbox Series · defenseMen · Defense

The Old FartsEA roster

Grade C · NHL 26

Last game Sep 19, 2026

High confidence · 100

Better than 53.2% of eligible defenses

ProtectThePipes has 295 EASHL career games on EA's records: 122 goals, 759 assists and 881 points (2.99 per game) with a +979 plus/minus (3.32 per game), for a ChelScan grade of C (49.2/100) for the defense role. ChelScan also tracks 6 recent games for the trend charts.

Key numbers

EA career totals
Games295
Points8812.99 / game
Goals1220.41 / game
Assists7592.57 / game
Plus / minus+9793.32 / game
Hits780.26 / game

ChelScan role rating

49.2/100 · defense
CDefense

Grade C49.2/100

274 games at this role · season NHL 26

Better than 53.2% of 25,373

Rating breakdown

EA career · role formula
Plus/minus per game20%100
+3.32
Takeaways + interceptions20%83
3.32/G
Blocked shots20%17
0.42/G
Points per game10%75
2.99
Puck security15%0
3.67 giveaways/G
Hits15%5
0.26/G

* Missing optional data receives a neutral score and is never treated as zero.

At this role

Games at role274
Points8812.99 / game
Plus / minus+9793.32 / game
Hits780.26 / game
What do A+ to F mean?
  • A+Top 3% of the role
  • ATop 10%
  • BTop 30%
  • CMiddle of the pack
  • DBottom 30%
  • EBottom 10%
  • FBottom 3%

Grades are percentile-based within a role and need at least 10 games at that role.

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