NEW YORK — Tampa Bay Lightning forward Dominic Moore has played 479 games for eight NHL teams, but likely never had a day like this one.

His errant backhand during the morning skate caught teammate Martin St. Louis near the left eye, ending the Tampa Bay All-Star forward’s consecutive games streak at 499.

Moore made up for it later when he scored a dramatic short-handed goal to tie the game against the New York Rangers with 1:57 left and then netted the only goal of the shootout in the Lightning’s 3-2 win on Thursday night.

It took all of that for the Lightning to snap a five-game losing streak and keep the Rangers from their 2,500th win in franchise history.

Tampa Bay won for just the fourth time in 13 games. Mathieu Garon made point-blank saves on New York forwards Brad Richards and Ryan Callahan in the last minute of overtime to force the shootout.

“We really wanted to win this one for Marty,” said the 31-year-old Moore, who broke into the NHL with the Rangers. “We just wanted to hang in there. Sometimes something really good can come out of adversity. It certainly feels great to get this win.”

Moore’s short-handed goal came on a slick backhand as he sped by two defenders before beating goalie Henrik Lund-qvist to the glove side. He also fooled Lundqvist to the same spot with a forehand wrist shot in the shootout.

“I don’t score too many goals so they were satisfying,” said Moore, who has 65 career goals. “Hopefully we can build from this game.”

The Lightning were able to end their skid despite not having St. Louis in the lineup. He sustained facial and sinus fractures when the shot by Moore at the morning skate hit him in the face.

“Losing a leader is never easy, but we found a way tonight,” Lightning coach Guy Boucher said.

Ryan Malone had gotten Tampa Bay even at 1 in the second period.

Callahan and Artem Anisimov scored for the Rangers, who have dropped two straight (0-1-1) following a five-game winning streak.

Also on Thursday:

Panthers 2

Bruins 0

BOSTON — Tomas Kopecky broke a scoreless tie with 2:32 left and Jose Theodore stopped 40 shots as Florida beat Boston and sent Tim Thomas to his first loss in 11 games.

Flyers 3

Penguins 2

PHILADELPHIA — Danny Briere, Wayne Simmonds and Scott Hartnell each scored in Philadelphia’s win over Pittsburgh. Penguins star Sidney Crosby missed the first of two games as a precaution following a collision with teammate Chris Kunitz in Monday night’s loss to Boston.

Blackhawks 3

Islanders 2

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Patrick Sharp scored his second goal of the game 1:34 into overtime to lift Chicago past the New York Islanders.

Devils 5

Senators 4

NEWARK, N.J. — Rookie Adam Henrique scored on a backhander in the fourth round of the shootout to give New Jersey a victory over Ottawa.

Predators 4

Blue Jackets 3

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sergei Kostitsyn’s redirect with 12.1 seconds left forced overtime and Colin Wilson’s one-timer 1:45 into the extra period gave Nashville a win over Columbus.

Red Wings 5

Coyotes 2

DETROIT — Valtteri Filppula and Jiri Hudler both had a goal and assist, and Detroit scored five times in the first period against Phoenix.

Blues 4

Ducks 2

ST. LOUIS — T.J. Oshie scored twice, defenseman Ian Cole added his first goal of the season and Jaroslav Halak made 20 saves to lead St. Louis over Anaheim.

Canucks 4

Canadiens 3

MONTREAL — Cody Hodgson scored twice, including the only shootout goal, and Vancouver overcame a three-goal deficit for a win over Montreal.

Wild 4

Kings 2

LOS ANGELES — Matt Hackett made 42 saves in his first NHL start and Minnesota set a franchise record with its sixth straight road victory.

Sharks 5

Stars 2

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Ryane Clowe, Brad Winchester and Torrey Mitchell scored in a six-minute span of the second period to rally San Jose past Dallas.

Flames 3

Avalanche 2

CALGARY, Alberta — Olli Jokinen scored the go-ahead goal with 4:50 left, and Calgary topped Colorado.