Washington sent a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2027 third-round pick to Pittsburgh on Tuesday for Eller, who spent seven seasons with the Capitals and helped the club win the franchise’s first Stanley Cup in 2018.

Eller, a member of the Capitals’ Stanley Cup winners in 2018, returns after being traded to Colorado in March 2023.

With his franchise off to one of its worst starts in two decades, Pittsburgh Penguins president of hockey operations/general manager Kyle Dubas attempted to shake things up late Tuesday. He traded forward Lars Eller to the Washington Capitals for two draft picks.