The fit feels great for Washington’s bottom six, and while the cost is a bit exorbitant, what Beauvillier has shown this season makes it passable. Either way, it’s a big win for the Penguins. Beauvillier was a reclamation project, and they turned him into someone worth a second-rounder. This time last year, he went for a fifth. That’s tidy work.

The first addition came midmorning as Washington traded a second-round draft pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins for winger Anthony Beauvillier. Beauvillier, 27, scored 13 goals and totaled 20 points in 63 games for the Penguins this season,

Anthony Beauvillier was traded to the Washington Capitals by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday for a second-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.