Lars Eller Returns to Capitals in Trade from Penguins

The band is getting back together again.

The Capitals acquired center Lars Eller from the Pittsburgh Penguins Tuesday. In exchange, the Pens received a third-round 2027 draft pick and fifth-round 2025 pick.

The Penguins are not doing well this year, hovering at the bottom of the division after a blowout 7-1 loss to the Stars. Trading Eller signals the first of likely several drastic moves the Pens will make this year.

Eller played for the Caps from 2016-23 and won a Stanley Cup with the team in 2018. He was later traded to the Colorado Avalanche in 2023 and signed with the Pens a few months later as a free agent. Eller returns as the second player the Capitals have re-acquired this season…