"Some things never change when it comes to Lightning goaltender Dwayne Roloson.

Even after his 33 saves in a 4-3 victory over the Coyotes on Saturday night at Jobing.com Arena, even after his first win since Nov. 17, Roloson was low-key as ever.

"It's always nice to win games," he said.

Nice? How about imperative?

Roloson needed to re-establish himself after a 0-6-1 stretch in 11 games. So to stand up to a Coyotes team that had a 36-21 shot advantage over a Tampa Bay squad playing its second of back-to-back road games was a huge step forward.

"On a back-to-back, you need your goalie to play great because it's an unfair fight," Lightning coach Guy Boucher said.

"Roli," center Steven Stamkos said, "was the reason we got those two points."

It was the third straight win for the Lightning (20-23-4), which got goals from Stamkos, Teddy Purcell, Marty St. Louis and Steve Downie and won consecutive road games for the first time this season.

Facing his former teammates for the first time, Phoenix goalie Mike Smith was shaky, especially on Downie's goal with 3:21 left in the second as the unscreened shot from the top of the right faceoff circle went in off his arm for a 4-1 lead."