Derick Brassard was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday in a three-team deal that included the Ottawa Senators and Vegas Golden Knights.
Pittsburgh receives Brassard, Ottawa forward prospect Vincent Dunn, Vegas forward prospect Tobias Lindberg, and Ottawa's third-round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft.
Ottawa received Pittsburgh defenseman Ian Cole, goalie prospect Filip Gustavsson, its first-round pick in the 2018 draft, and its third-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft.
Vegas received Pittsburgh forward Ryan Reaves and a fourth-round pick in the 2018 draft that belonged to the Vancouver Canucks.
Brassard, a 30-year-old center, has 38 points (18 goals, 20 assists) in 58 games this season, the fourth of a five-year contract.
The Penguins (35-22-4) were tied with the Philadelphia Flyers for second place in the Metropolitan Division, one point behind the Washington Capitals, before playing at the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday.
Selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first round (No. 6) of the 2006 NHL Draft, Brassard has 420 points (159 goals, 261 assists) in 702 regular-season games during 11 seasons with the Blue Jackets, New York Rangers and Senators.
He has 55 points (22 goals, 33 assists) in 78 Stanley Cup Playoff games, including 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in 19 games for the Senators last season, when they reached Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final and lost to the Penguins.
Cole has 13 points (three goals, 10 assists) in 47 games for Pittsburgh this season. He has 90 points (18 goals, 72 assists) in 385 games in eight seasons with the St. Louis Blues and Penguins, and 14 points (one goal, 13 assists) in 56 playoff games. He was part of Pittsburgh's Stanley Cup championship teams the past two seasons.
The 29-year-old is in the final season of a three-year contract with an average annual value of $2.1 million and can become an unrestricted free agent July 1.
Gustavsson, 19, has a 2.16 goals-against average in 18 games with Lulea in the Swedish Hockey League, and had a 1.81 GAA and .924 save percentage in six games to help Sweden win the silver medal at the 2018 World Junior Championship, when he was named the tournament's best goaltender.
"In this deal we have acquired an elite goaltending prospect and a second first-round pick in June," Senators general manager Pierre Dorion said. "We feel that Gustavsson is one of the game's top goaltending prospects, a dynamic talent who has excelled in the Swedish Hockey League as a teenager and was the top goaltender at the most recent World Junior Championship. Ian Cole is a hard-nosed veteran defenseman who has a long pedigree of success, which includes two Stanley Cups."
The Penguins selected Gustavsson in the second round (No. 55) of the 2016 NHL Draft and signed him to a three-year entry-level contract June 16.
The Senators (21-29-10) have the third-fewest points in the NHL and are 13 points behind the Blue Jackets for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.
Reaves, a 31-year-old forward, had eight points (four goals, four assists) and 84 penalty minutes in 58 games in his first season with the Penguins. He played his first seven seasons for the Blues, when he had 51 points (27 goals, 24 assists) and 695 penalty minutes in 419 games. He had one goal in 36 playoff games with St. Louis.
The Penguins received the Canucks' fourth-round pick in the trade that sent defenseman Derrick Pouliot to Vancouver on Oct. 3.
Vegas (40-16-4) leads the Pacific Division and Western Conference and trails the Tampa Bay Lightning by one point for the NHL lead.
Brassard addresses a need for a bottom-six center for Pittsburgh, which has Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin as its top two. Malkin led the Penguins with 70 points (33 goals, 37 assists) in 57 games; Crosby had 66 points (19 goals, 47 assists) in 61 games, tied with Phil Kessel for second, prior to their game against the Hurricanes.
Nick Bonino was Pittsburgh's third-line center for their back-to-back Stanley Cup championships, when he was fourth on the Penguins in playoff scoring with 25 points (eight goals, 17 assists) in 45 games, including three game-winning goals. He signed as a free agent with the Nashville Predators on July 1.
Lindberg, 22, has 18 points (eight goals, 10 assists) in 48 games with Chicago of the AMerican Hockey League. He was selected by the Senators in the fourth round (No. 102) of the 2013 NHL Draft.
Dunn, 22, has played this season with Belleville of the AHL and Brampton of the ECHL. He was selected by the Senators in the fifth round (No. 138) of the 2013 draft.
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