Brink gets 2 points, Flyers recover for shootout win against Penguins

PHILADELPHIA -- Bobby Brink had a goal and an assist before scoring the decider in the shootout for the Philadelphia Flyers in a 3-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Tuesday.

Brink beat Arturs Silovs with a deke to give the Flyers the lead in the shootout. His goal came before Samuel Ersson stopped Ville Koivunen to secure the victory

"All that matters is to walk away with two points," Brink said. "Not going to say it was the best game we've ever played, but we came for two points and we got it."

Travis Konecny also scored for Philadelphia (5-3-1), which won its fourth straight home game and second in a row in a shootout after a 4-3 win against the New York Islanders on Saturday. Ersson made 24 saves.

Justin Brazeau and Sidney Crosby scored, and Silovs made 32 saves for Pittsburgh (7-2-2).

"Not the greatest feeling to lose in a shootout, but I think getting points is crucial as well," Silovs said.

Each team had goals waived off during overtime.

Evgeni Malkin beat Ersson with a shot just 49 seconds in during a delayed penalty, but the officials ruled an illegal substitution as Malkin went on the ice as the extra attacker before Silovs reached the bench area.

Tyson Foerster then had his power-play goal with 25 seconds remaining waived off after a video review. The NHL Situation Room ruled Foerster had preceded the puck into the offensive zone and was in an offside position prior to scoring.

The Flyers felt they reacted better than the previous time they had a goal waived off during overtime. Against the Carolina Hurricanes on Oct. 11, Brink had a goal disallowed after officials ruled Travis Sanheim had interfered with goalie Frederik Andersen. Carolina won moments later on a Seth Jarvis goal.

"With what happened in Carolina, good on us for not getting too high or too low and sticking with it and getting the two points," Flyers forward Noah Cates said.

Brazeau gave the Penguins a 1-0 lead at 10:19 of the first period. He skated down the left side of the zone and scored with a shot that found space between Ersson's pad and the goal post.

Brink tied it 1-1 with a power-play goal at 17:25, putting in the rebound of Cates' shot.

Konecny put the Flyers ahead 2-1 at 2:46 of the second period with a shot off the rush from the right face-off circle. It was the forward's 200th NHL goal.

"Nice milestone to reach," Konecny said. "And I got a nice picture with the guys in the room. You can't get to that unless you have great teammates helping you on the ice."

Philadelphia outshot Pittsburgh 24-13 through the first two periods, but Silovs' play kept the Penguins within a goal.

"He made some big saves there," Penguins coach Dan Muse said. "I think especially in the second period ... I thought there was a lot coming at us and we weren't generating as much as we wanted to, so he came up big there."

Crosby tied the game 2-2 at 11:57 of the third period when his backhand pass from behind the net went off the shoulder of Flyers defenseman Nick Seeler and dropped in behind Ersson.

The Penguins captain was one of eight players to receive a game misconduct at the end of overtime, making him ineligible for the shootout. The others were Ryan Shea, Parker Wotherspoon and Noel Acciari of the Penguins, and Foerster, Trevor Zegras, Owen Tippett and Jamie Drysdale of the Flyers.

NOTES: Zegras had an assist on Brink's goal to give him eight points (two goals, six assists) during a six-game season-opening home point streak. He's the first Flyers player with at least a point in the first six home games of a season since Claude Giroux (seven games) and Wayne Simmonds (six games) in 2016-17. ... Penguins forward Bryan Rust had an assist on Crosby's goal to give him six points (three goals, three assists) during a four-game point streak. ... Defenseman Mathew Dumba had an assist on Brazeau's goal for his first point with the Penguins. The defenseman was acquired in a trade with the Dallas Stars on July 10. ... Crosby's goal was his 103rd game-tying goal, one behind Mario Lemieux (104) for most in Penguins history. ... Malkin had his seven-game point streak end (11 points; three goals, eight assists).