Selected by Columbus in the third round (No. 89) of the 2013 NHL Draft, Bjorkstrand has 375 points (167 goals, 208 assists) in 606 regular-season games for the Kraken and Blue Jackets and 20 points (10 goals, 10 assists) in 45 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

TAMPA -- Yanni Gourde returned to Amalie Arena as if he never departed the Tampa Bay Lightning. He is back in his corner stall of the locker room and will wear the same No. 37 jersey tonight against the Buffalo Sabres (7 p.m. ET; ESPN) that he wore for his first six seasons in the NHL.

Gourde and Oliver Bjorkstrand waited for three hours — until two players cleared waivers for the Lightning — before they could be informed they were heading to Tampa Bay as the main pieces of a three-team trade that also included the Red Wings.

With the goal of entering the final stretch of the NHL season strong, the Tampa Bay Lightning have added two players, one of whom is a Stanley Cup champion, in a major trade with the Detroit Red Wings and Seattle Kraken.

According to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman, the Lightning are trading for forwards Oliver Bjorkstrand and Yanni Gourde from the Seattle Kraken for a package which includes two first-round picks.

The Lighting paid a steep price -- two first-round picks -- for Gourde and Bjorkstrand but they're two players who should fit in perfectly.