The Dallas Stars acquired forward Evgenii Dadonov from the Montreal Canadiens for forward Denis Gurianov on Sunday.

Montreal is retaining 50% of Dadonov's $5-million cap hit in the deal.

The pending unrestricted free agent scored four goals and 18 points in 50 games with the Canadiens. Montreal acquired Dadonov last June for Shea Weber's contract.

Dadonov will be reunited with head coach Peter DeBoer in Dallas. The 33-year-old had a resurgent 2021-22 campaign under DeBoer with the Vegas Golden Knights when he registered 20 goals and 43 points.

"Evgenii is a skilled forward that can play anywhere in our lineup," general manager Jim Nill said. "Recording 20 or more goals in four of his previous five seasons, he is a proven goal-scorer at the NHL level and will bolster our offensive attack."

Gurianov tallied two goals and nine points through 43 contests with the Stars. The 25-year-old posted a career-high 31 points in 2021-22, while his lone 20-goal campaign came in 2019-20. A pending restricted free agent, Gurianov has a cap hit of $2.9 million.

Dallas drafted the 6-foot-3 goal-scorer 12th overall in the 2015 draft.

The Stars free up $400,000 in cap space in the trade. They'll have just over $2 million in cap space come deadline day, according to CapFriendly.

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