Kings trade Pearson to Penguins for Hagelin

The Los Angeles Kings and the Pittsburgh Penguins are swapping forwards.

Los Angeles sent Tanner Pearson to the Penguins in exchange for Carl Hagelin, the Kings confirmed Wednesday.

Pittsburgh reportedly retained $250,000 of Hagelin's $3,666,000 salary in the deal, according to TSN's Pierre LeBrun.

Pearson managed only one point in 17 contests with the Kings in 2018-19, while Hagelin mustered a goal and two assists in 16 games.

Hagelin was a member of the Penguins' Stanley Cup championship squads in 2015-16 and 2016-17. Pearson helped the Kings win the title in 2013-14.

After sweeping a four-game Canadian road trip in October, the Penguins have won only one of their last seven games. The Kings have lost three of their last four since firing head coach John Stevens and replacing him with interim bench boss Willie Desjardins.