Golden Knights beat Kraken 6-2 behind 2 goals each from Olofsson and Hertl

SEATTLE (AP) — Victor Olofsson and Tomas Hertl scored two goals apiece and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Seattle Kraken 6-2 on Tuesday night.

Mark Stone had a goal and an assist to become the third Vegas player to reach 400 points with the team. Jack Eichel scored a goal and had three assists for the Knights, who were up 5-0 after two periods. Hertl had two assists.

Shane Wright and Jared McCann scored third-period goals for the Kraken. Kaapo Kakko assisted on both goals.

Olofsson ripped a shot from just inside the blue line on the right wing side to open the scoring with 6:58 left in the first period. He made it 4-0 with 6:53 remaining in the second.

Hertl scored a power-play goal with 4:02 left in the first period to make it 2-0, with Stone getting the primary assist.

With Vegas short-handed early in the second period, Seattle’s Brandon Montour broke his stick on a hard shot from the blue line. Eichel picked up the loose puck, crossing it to Stone coming down the left side. Stone drilled it into the back right corner past Kraken goalie Joey Daccord at 1:43.

Stone joined Jonathan Marchessault (417, now with Nashville) and current teammate William Karlsson (403) with 400 points for Vegas.

Carter Hart made 25 saves for the Golden Knights.

Daccord had 16 saves in two periods for Seattle, then was replaced by Philipp Grubauer at the start of the third. Grubauer made six saves.

The third period got chippy. Seattle’s Ben Meyers drove Olofsson hard into the boards and was given a five-minute major and game misconduct. Montour and Stone got into a fight, with Montour also being given a misconduct. The Kraken’s Ryan Winterton and Vegas’ Marc Gatcomb dropped the gloves with 4:57 left.

The Kraken begin a five game road trip on Friday at Detroit.

Las Vegas returns home to face Toronto on Thursday.

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Seattle Kraken defenseman Brandon Montour, left, fights with Vegas Golden Knights right wing Mark Stone (61) during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Kraken center Berkly Catton passes under pressure from Vegas Golden Knights right wing Mitch Marner (93)during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Kraken right wing Jordan Eberle moves the puck against Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Noah Hanifin (15) during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Kraken defenseman Brandon Montour (62) fights with Vegas Golden Knights right wing Mark Stone (61) during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Vegas Golden Knights center Tomas Hertl, second from left, reacts with center Jack Eichel (9) and left wing Ivan Barbashev (49) after he scored a goal against the Seattle Kraken during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

TOKYO (AP) — The governor of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa demanded Wednesday that the central government do more to ensure effective discipline among U.S. service members on the southern island following the arrest of a U.S. Marine on accusations that he robbed and murdered a local woman.

Governor Genta Koja, in Tokyo for the first time since taking office last month, met with Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi to express outrage over the killing. He also asked the defense minister for further efforts to reduce the burden of hosting U.S. military bases on the small island.

People in Okinawa have long opposed the heavy U.S. military presence on the island and complained about noise, pollution and crime related to American bases, though some have come to see its strategic value due to what is widely viewed as a growing threat from China.

Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard, a 20-year-old Ohio native belonging to the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of strangling Anna Yagi, 39, at a hotel and stealing her wallet and backpack. He has denied the allegations, according to Japanese media.

“ Okinawa has requested preventive measures every time similar crimes were repeated in past, and now we have this case again,” Koja told Koizumi as they met in the minister's office packed with reporters and cameras clicking.

“I must say past disciplinary measures and human rights education implemented by the U.S. military have not worked at all,” Koja said.

Koizumi said that he was aware of Okinawa's concerns and that his government will cooperate with the U.S. side to discuss effective preventive measures.

Hours earlier, the U.S. military in Okinawa announced a 48-hour pause of all military operations for training through noon on Friday, as well as restricting the ability of troops to leave their base and prohibiting consumption of alcohol.

Lt. Gen. Benjamin Watson, commander of III Marine Expeditionary Force, wrote in a letter posted Tuesday on X that episodes like these “demand we pause for reflection” and that serving on the Japanese island “comes with responsibility.”

U.S. troops on Okinawa will be under a curfew from midnight to 5 a.m. for 30 days following the two-day training period, Watson said.

A majority of the more than 50,000 U.S. troops stationed in Japan under a bilateral security agreement are based on the island.

Koja is also set to meet with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi later Wednesday to make similar requests.

AP writers Ben Finley and Konstantin Toropin in Washington and Ed White in Detroit contributed to this report.

Okinawa Gov. Genta Koja, left, and Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi greet, prior to their meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. (Kyodo News via AP)