The Flyers played another close game Tuesday night and pulled it out with a 3-2 shootout win over the Penguins at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

It was their sixth game decided by one goal just nine games into the season. They’ve gone to overtime four times.

Matvei Michkov and Bobby Brink delivered in the skills competition for the Flyers (5-3-1), who improved to 5-1-0 at home.

Before the shootout, Tyson Foerster scored what the Flyers thought was a power play winner in the final minute of OT. But after league-initiated video review, the play was deemed offside.

Brink and Travis Konecny provided goals for the Flyers. Konecny’s marker was the 200th of his career and it gave the Flyers a 2-1 lead in the second period, just after Rick Tocchet’s club killed off a penalty.

But Sidney Crosby struck with 8:03 minutes left in the third period to make it 2-2. His pass took a whacky ricochet off Nick Seeler and into the net.

Brink (one goal, one assist) had a multi-point game. Sean Couturier and Trevor Zegras had an assist apiece, giving them each nine points through nine games.

Pittsburgh came in scoring 3.80 goals per game, but the Flyers held it in check and took advantage of a team that was perhaps a little tired.

The Penguins (7-2-2) played Monday night at home, where they picked up a 6-3 win over the Blues. This was their third game in four nights.

The Flyers face Pittsburgh three more times, with the next matchup Dec. 1 back here at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

• The Flyers turned to Samuel Ersson for a second straight game.

While it seemed like the Flyers could have went back to Dan Vladar, consider a few things.

Ersson was excellent in overtime and the shootout of the Flyers’ 4-3 win over the Islanders three days ago. Not bad to reward him for that effort.

The Flyers also have three games in four nights starting Thursday. They could use Vladar for two of those three games, including the final one Sunday against the 28-year-old’s former club the Flames.

The 26-year-old Ersson denied 24 of the Penguins’ 26 shots. He stopped two of three attempts again in the shootout.

He allowed a leaky goal in the first period to Justin Brazeau as the Pittsburgh winger squeezed one past him. But Brink responded later in the period on the power play to draw the Flyers even at 1-1.

Crosby’s goal was truly a crazy bounce.

The Flyers put a season-high 34 shots on Penguins netminder Arturs Silovs, who stopped 32 of them.

• Special teams were a big difference for the Flyers, who went 1 for 5 on the power play but 4 for 4 on the penalty kill.

The Flyers did a very good job at shorthanded, putting a ton of pressure on Pittsburgh’s power play. They killed off a penalty in OT before going on their own power play.

• With Jett Luchanko headed back to his junior club Guelph, the Flyers filled their open roster spot by calling up Emil Andrae.

We’ll see where the 23-year-old defenseman fits in the competition between Egor Zamula and Adam Ginning.

• Rasmus Ristolainen is “progressing well,” Danny Briere said Monday, as the defenseman recovers from surgery on a second triceps tendon rupture.

The Flyers are looking at a potential return for Ristolainen in the next four to six weeks.

“Everything’s coming along nicely,” the Flyers’ general manager said. “Pretty soon we’re hoping he starts practicing with the team.”

There’s no firm timeline for defensive prospect Oliver Bonk, who has dealt with a lingering upper-body injury. The 20-year-old missed all of training camp and the preseason after participating in just a few days of rookie camp.

“It has been a slow process,” Briere said. “It’s going well now, we’re just hoping that there are no setbacks. We’re trying to give him the time and proper space between skates for him to feel good enough to come back and play.”

When Bonk is cleared, he’ll head to AHL affiliate Lehigh Valley.

• The Flyers play their third game of this five-game homestand Thursday when they welcome the Predators (7 p.m. ET/NBCSP).