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.

The Pittsburgh Penguins were destroyed on Monday night by the Dallas Stars. Pittsburgh has had some horrible performances early in the 2024-25 campaign. But Monday night’s loss, compounded with the Penguins’ growing frustration with Erik Karlsson,