Forward Tomas Hertl capped a big day with a game-winning goal to give the Golden Knights a rare overtime victory Tuesday night.

Hertl, who was named earlier Tuesday to the Czechia Olympic team, tipped in Mitch Marner’s shot from the point on the power play with 12.8 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Knights to a 4-3 win over the Jets at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg.

It was just the fifth time this season in an NHL-high 17 attempts that the Knights (18-11-12) have won a game that went beyond regulation.

“It was good to see that one go in and get an overtime win for our team,” defenseman Noah Hanifin said.

Carter Hart made just 17 saves, but came up huge with several big stops in overtime to keep the Knights alive long enough for Marner, who had two assists, to draw a penalty in front of the net with 50 seconds remaining to set up the game-winner.

“Right before that goal, (Hart) made a couple unbelievable stops that kept us in it,” Hanifin said. “Then we fortunately drew a penalty, and we’re confident on the power play in any situation. Getting that in overtime, that’s what your top guys do.”

The Knights snapped a five-game losing streak and a stretch of eight losses in nine games.

Reilly Smith tied the game 3-3 on a rebound goal with 4:05 remaining, 59 seconds after Kyle Connor had given the Jets (15-21-5) a 3-2 lead.

“I don’t think (coming back) is ever a problem for us,” Smith said. “We always think we can claw our way back in games. We’ve done it quite a bit this year.

“We make it difficult on ourselves, but it’s nice to be able to come out of this game with two points.”

The Knights, who have won 13 of the past 15 meetings with the Jets and five straight in Winnipeg, trailed 2-0 late in the second period before Mark Stone banged home a rebound on the doorstep. Brett Howden tied the game 8:13 into the third period.

The Knights went 2-for-4 on the power play and 2-for-2 on the kill, as they reached the midway point of their season in first place for the sixth time in franchise history.

Winnipeg defenseman Haydn Fleury was taken from the ice on a stretcher and transported to the hospital after crashing into the boards in the first period. He was alert and moving his extremities, but Jets coach Scott Arniel said after the game that Fleury would stay in the hospital overnight.

Here are three takeaways from the win:

1. Stone heating up

Stone’s goal in the second period to cut the Jets’ lead in half marked the fifth consecutive game in which he has scored a goal.

While coach Bruce Cassidy credited his team for finally taking advantage of an opportunity in overtime, he thought Stone’s goal was pivotal to the rally.

“I think the second period is what got us back on track,” he said. “We defended really well. I think our guys were in a good place even though we were down 2-1. That (Stone) goal gave us some life, so I think our guys knew we were in the game.”

The five-game goal run is the longest streak of Stone’s career, and it came in his return to his hometown of Winnipeg.

Stone said before the game that he took the ice Tuesday morning and noticed a sign that celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Jets returning to Winnipeg, a city the NHL left shortly before Stone’s fourth birthday.

“I remember where I was 15 years ago when they announced the team was coming back,” he said. “It’s kind of crazy they’ve been back in town for 15 years now. I think it would have more meaning (for me to play here) if I was able to grow up with the team. It kind of sucks they left when they did. I don’t really have a memory of the original Jets, but to be able to come back to your hometown and play in the NHL is always special and always fun.”

2. Mixing it up

One of the ways Cassidy tried to spark his team out of a funk was by starting the game with two new forward lines.

Marner centered the second line, flanked by Pavel Dorofeyev and Stone. Hertl was the third-line center with Howden and Keegan Kolesar on the wings.

Neither group had started a game together this season.

While Howden has played more center this season, Cassidy has said he likes him on the wing with a physical presence like Hertl so Howden can use his speed to play more fast and free.

It almost paid early dividends, as the third line got off to a good start by creating chaos behind the Winnipeg net and allowing Howden to draw a penalty 16 seconds into the game.

But the Knights could not take advantage, failing to get a shot on the ensuing power play.

On the tying goal midway through the third period, Kolesar and Hertl won puck battles along the board before it ended up on Howden’s stick for the equalizer.

3. Another Knights Olympian

Hertl’s game-winner came on the same day he was added to the Czechia roster for next month’s Winter Olympics in Italy, becoming the seventh Knights player named to an Olympic roster.

This will be Hertl’s first Olympic appearance.

He is fourth on the Knights with 32 points and tied for the team lead with 16 goals after also registering an assist Tuesday.

Hertl also has represented his country four times at World Championships and three times at World Junior Championships. He helped Czechia win bronze at the 2022 IIHF World Championship.

Czechia will open Olympic play Feb. 12 against Canada, which includes Knights standouts Marner, Stone and Shea Theodore.

Contact Adam Hill at ahill@reviewjournal.com. Follow @AdamHillLVRJ on X.