Tomas Vokoun stopped 33 shots to earn his seventh shutout of the season and the Florida Panthers beat the slumping New York Islanders 2-0 on Sunday.

Jordan Leopold and Keith Ballard scored for the Panthers, who have won seven of 11.

Vokoun had four shutouts in January, with his previous one coming Jan. 23 against Toronto, when he made 39 saves in a 2-0 win. His seven shutouts this season are a career high.

"We played pretty well and we got the two points, so that's all you can ask for," Vokoun said.

Rick DiPietro made 23 saves for the visiting Islanders, who have lost five straight.

"The key for us is to stay upbeat, stay positive," DiPietro said.

"Take the things that we did well from this game and move on. There's no time to pout. It's about getting back on track and winning as many games as you can going into the stretch."

Vokoun's shutout bid was nearly spoiled early in the third period after an Islanders shot hit the post.

The puck then appeared to hit Vokoun and cross the goal-line as New York's Freddy Meyer crashed into the net.

Play stopped for about five minutes for a review, but no goal was awarded.

Ballard stretched Florida's lead to 2-0 when he scored with 9.6 seconds left in the second period. He one-timed a pass from Cory Stillman past DiPietro for his fourth goal of the season.

"It's a huge goal," Panthers coach Pete DeBoer said.

"Goals in the last minute of a period either way are big swings. That was a big one. ... It was nice to get rewarded for the period we played because we created a lot of opportunities, I thought, in the second and hadn't finished any."

Leopold had a power-play goal at 15:45 in the first. He took a pass from Michael Frolik and scored with a wrist shot.

David Booth, playing his first game since October, also had an assist on Leopold's goal.

Booth fanned on his first shot, then spun around to pick up the puck again. His second attempt hit the left post, but Frolik grabbed the puck and fed it to Leopold.

Booth suffered a concussion on Oct. 24 after being hit hard Philadelphia captain Mike Richards.

The 25-year-old forward missed 45 games because of the injury.

Booth had a career-high 31 goals and 29 assists for Florida last season. He had two goals and an assist in the nine games he played before his injury this season.