Olofsson, Hertl lead Golden Knights over Kraken 6-2

Victor Olofsson and Tomas Hertl scored two goals apiece for Vegas.

BY MARK MOSCHETTI, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Oct 6, 2026, 10:05 PM Updated: 10:08 pm

Brandon Montour of the Seattle Kraken and Mark Stone of the Vegas Golden Knights fight during the third period on Tuesday in Seattle. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

(Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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.

Vegas Golden Knights 6, Seattle Kraken 2: Box Score

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.

400 POINTS AS A GOLDEN KNIGHT FOR MARK STONE‼️
FIRST SHORTY OF THE SEASON 🚨 pic.twitter.com/NlrNeAg2ce

— Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) October 7, 2026

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.