The Washington Capitals host the Seattle Kraken after Aliaksei Protas' two-goal game against the Detroit Red Wings in the Capitals' 5-2 win.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have officially made their first big trade of the season. It is a three-team deal between the Lightning, Seattle Kraken, and Detroit Red Wings. Here are is the complete trade:

Oliver and Yanni were tremendous players for our organization who led by example on and off the ice, and I wish them all the best."

The Detroit Red Wings made a trade on Wednesday, agreeing to take on salary in return for a 2025 4th-round pick.

The Kraken received three draft picks and forward Michael Eyssimont for center Yanni Gourde, winger Oliver Bjorkstrand and a fifth-round pick.

The Detroit Red Wings acquired a 2025 fourth-round pick today to facilitate the trade that sent center Yanni Gourde from Seattle to Tampa Bay. The Kraken shipped Gourde to Detroit for defense ...

What could be a busy week of NHL trade deadline activity for the Seattle Kraken started with a bang on Wednesday.

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Bjorkstrand was acquired by the Kraken in a July 2022 trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Bjorkstrand also scored both goals in the Kraken's Game 7 win over the Colorado Avalanche to clinch the franchise's first playoff series win. An All-Star in 2024, Bjorkstrand has 37 points in 61 games so far this season.

The Tampa Bay Lightning acquired forwards Oliver Bjorkstrand and Yanni Gourde on Wednesday as part of a three-team swap. The Lightning sent two conditional first-round picks (2026, 2027) and forward Michael Eyssimont to the Seattle Kraken.

The Detroit Red Wings have acquired a conditional fourth ... forward Yanni Gourde (50 percent salary retained) from the Seattle Kraken in exchange for defenseman Kyle Aucoin, a sixth-round pick ...

Seattle Kraken forward Yanni Gourde is returning to the Tampa Bay Lightning -- and he's taking Oliver Bjorkstrand with him.