Kings trade Martinez to Vegas for draft choices

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The Los Angeles Kings traded Stanley Cup-winning goal scorer Alec Martinez to the Vegas Golden Knights for two second-round draft picks on Wednesday.

The Kings got the Knights’ second-round pick in 2020 and St. Louis’ second-round choice in 2021 for Martinez, the defenseman who scored the iconic double-overtime goal that won Los Angeles’ second Stanley Cup six years ago.

The 32-year-old Martinez has spent his entire NHL career with the Kings, who drafted him in 2007. He cracked Los Angeles’ lineup for good in late 2010 and has spent the ensuing decade as a steady, productive two-way defenseman.

Although he has never scored more than 11 goals in a regular season, Martinez earned a permanent place in franchise lore by scoring the series-winning overtime goals in both the Western Conference finals and the Stanley Cup Final in 2014.

His famous winning shot to beat the Blackhawks in the conference finals deflected in off the chest of Chicago’s Nick Leddy, ending a superb seven-game series at United Center. Chicago and Los Angeles combined to win all four Stanley Cup titles from 2012-15.

Martinez then scored the double-overtime winner in Game 5 of the 2014 Stanley Cup Final against the New York Rangers, converting a rebound of Tyler Toffoli’s shot off Henrik Lundqvist at Staples Center. Martinez’s goal and his ecstatic, glove-flinging celebration — dubbed “Jazz Hands” by Kings fans — are

BRUINS 2, OILERS 1 >> David Pastrnak scored on a breakaway at 1:14 of overtime as Boston won at Edmonton in a matchup of division leaders.

Pastrnak took a long lead pass from David Krejci and beat Edmonton goaltender Mike Smith. It was Pastrnak’s 43rd goal of the season, tying him for the NHL lead with Toronto’s Auston Matthews.

Patrice Bergeron also scored for Boston, which won its fourth straight game and for the 10th time in its past 11 to remain atop the Atlantic Division and the Presidents’ Trophy race.

STARS 3, COYOTES 2 >> Jamie Oleksiak broke a third-period tie with his first goal in 26 games, and Dallas held on to beat visiting Arizona. Oleksiak stepped up into the top of the slot, took a pass from Alexander Radulov and sent a low snap shot past goalie Antti Raanta with 8:22 remaining. Dallas is 5-0-1 in its past six games to pull even with Central Division leader St. Louis.