NHL notebook: Islanders lock up Eberle with 5-year deal

Financial terms were not disclosed, but The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun reported
that it is worth $27.5 million.

Eberle, 29, has 44 goals and 52 assists in 159 games over the past two seasons
with the Islanders. He also had four goals and five assists in eight playoff
games this season.

Eberle, who spent his first seven seasons with Edmonton, has appeared in 666
NHL games and has tallied 209 goals and 269 assists in his career. The Oilers
drafted him with the 22nd overall pick in 2008.

--The Washington Capitals traded Matt Niskanen to the Philadelphia Flyers in
exchange for Radko Gudas in a swap of defensemen.

Niskanen, 32, had spent the past five seasons with Washington, including the
Capitals' title run in 2018. He finished last season with eight goals and 17
assists and a -3 plus/minus rating in 80 games.

Gudas, 29, joins the Capitals after four seasons in Philly. He scored four
goals and had 16 assists last season, his seventh in the league.

--The Arizona Coyotes re-signed defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin to a one-year
contract.

The 25-year-old Moscow native completed his rookie NHL season by playing in 41
games, recording four assists without a goal and a -9 plus/minus rating for
the Coyotes.

Known for his physical presence, the 6-foot-2, 201-pound Lyubushkin recorded
150 hits last season, ranking fourth on the Coyotes and third among NHL
rookies. Lyubushkin had joined the Coyotes on a one-year deal as an undrafted
free agent in 2018 after 257 games in the KHL.

--Field Level Media