Because Dominic Moore was the only Florida player to take a shot in the opening period of Wednesday night's game, it was somehow fitting that his shot was the only one of consequence in the third.

Moore, who got off two shots in the first period, scored late in the third to help Florida force overtime, where New York's Pa Parenteau was the only shootout scorer in the Rangers' 2-1 victory at BankAtlantic Center.

The Panthers have lost two games in a row, but both have come in overtime. The Panthers are 8-2-3 in their past 15 games.

``We're picking up a point a night,'' coach Pete DeBoer said Tuesday after being asked about how his team was handling Monday's overtime loss to the Penguins. ``That's all that matters.''

Until Moore scored with 4:53 left, it looked as if the Panthers' busy schedule had finally gotten to them. The Panthers looked slow, a step off and in not much of a hurry to do anything.

The Panthers, who have played eight games in 14 days, were outshot 8-2 in the opening period despite having two power-play chances. Florida didn't get a shot off in four minutes of power-play time, but the Rangers actually got off three during that span.

Going back to the start of the third period Monday against Pittsburgh, the Panthers had been outshot 33-5 over the course of two-plus periods.

``I don't think that was a factor at all,'' Moore said. ``We just have to have that focus that we're going to set the tone from the start.''

GOALIES DELIVER

Both Tomas Vokoun and Henrik Lundqvist were strong in net. Neither team got off many chances (the Rangers won the shot battle 28-26), but there were good scoring chances to make the goalies do some work.

Florida trailed 1-0 in the second after Marian Gaborik picked up his league-leading 19th goal by redirecting a long shot from Chris Drury on the power play with 24.4 seconds remaining before the break.

Neither team did much of anything in the third, with the puck moving up and down the ice from baseline to baseline.

Then Moore gave the bored crowd something to cheer about when he picked off a loose puck New York pest Sean Avery couldn't handle along the boards. Moore turned around and sent a shot flying toward the net, and the puck got past Lundqvist and through for the equalizer.

``We did a good job on the forecheck, cut off the lanes and forced a turnover,'' Moore said. ``I just got lucky getting the puck through a screen. Henrik's a good goalie. If he sees it, he stops it.''

MISSED CHANCE

The Rangers squandered a golden opportunity to win the game in overtime when Radek Dvorak was called for high-sticking Ryan Callahan off a faceoff 39 seconds into the extra session. On Monday, Nathan Horton was called for the same infraction during overtime, and Sidney Crosby made the Panthers pay.

This time, Florida was able to kill off the penalty (Horton's was for four minutes, not two), and the game went to a shootout after the Panthers failed to convert two late chances.

``We did a good job of taking away their shooting lanes,'' defenseman Dennis Seidenberg said. ``That's how we killed the penalty.''

Florida, now 4-3 in shootouts, went scoreless on its three shots, with Horton, Steven Reinprecht and Stephen Weiss getting stopped by Lundqvist. The Rangers are 11-0 when leading going into a third period.