BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Ducks will try to salvage a disappointing road trip when they end it by facing the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night at KeyBank Center.

A 7-4 loss to Toronto on Monday left the Ducks (25-19-10) with a 1-2-1 mark after a win in Boston got the trip off to a good start. Three consecutive losses have taken place since and just one point was secured among them with last week’s overtime defeat in Ottawa.

It appears Ryan Miller (6-4-5, 2.67 GAA, .915 SV%) will get right back in net, based on what the goalie told Buffalo-area reporters at the team’s very optional morning skate. Miller allowed six goals on 39 shots to the Maple Leafs on Monday and is now dealing with two straight subpar games after being pulled early in Montreal.

This is a chance for a rebound start in a place Miller knows all too well, having starred often over 11 seasons in Buffalo and winning the 2010 Vezina Trophy as the league’s top goalie. It will be his second game as a visiting player after having returned with Vancouver more than two years ago.

John Gibson (lower body) skated Monday morning for the first time since being forced to leave last week’s game in Boston due to injury. Carlyle wouldn’t clarify if his top netminder was to the point of being available to dress. It became apparent Tuesday he isn’t when the Ducks put him on injured reserve.

The move is retroactive to last Tuesday, which would make it possible for Gibson to play in Friday’s home game against Edmonton if he is sound by then. Gibson did work out again Tuesday morning.

Lack of discipline marked losses in Ottawa and Montreal. Turnovers and defensive breakdowns plagued their defeat in Toronto. William Nylander and Auston Matthews each scored two goals to ruin a night where Rickard Rakell had two goals and Corey Perry tied a career high with four assists.

The Ducks didn’t feel they got caught up in Toronto’s run-and-gun style of play. Defenseman Hampus Lindholm did believe there wasn’t enough skating to counter the Leafs’ speed.

“I feel like we’ve been standing still out there,” Lindholm said. “You see the goals. You got to always be in movement out there. Those guys, you know they’re going to come from behind you. You have to have your feet moving. You can’t just be standing still out there because those guys come with speed and you’re not going to have a chance.

“You got to be strong making plays. You got to be comfortable having a guy coming at you in this league. I think this is something we can be better at too.”

If there is a possible lineup change, Carlyle could look to insert Korbinian Holzer on the third pairing in place of Francois Beauchemin or Brandon Montour. Beauchemin has been an occasional scratch while Montour was a minus-4 on Monday.

The Ducks also recalled forward Nic Kerdiles from San Diego (AHL). Kerdiles, 24, has had to battle multiple injuries throughout his pro career, but the Irvine-raised winger has been productive with the Gulls, posting eight goals and 11 assists in 23 games.

Kerdiles could be an option to play as a couple of Ducks forwards, which the team did not disclose, are dealing with ailments and may be in question as far as going against the Sabres.

Here is the projected lineup for the Ducks:

Rickard Rakell-Ryan Getzlaf-Corey Perry

Andrew Cogliano-Ryan Kesler-Jakob Silfverberg

Nick Ritchie-Adam Henrique-Ondrej Kase

Chris Wagner-Antoine Vermette-J.T. Brown

Hampus Lindholm-Josh Manson

Cam Fowler-Kevin Bieksa

Francois Beauchemin-Brandon Montour

The Sabres (14-29-9) reside at the bottom of the Eastern Conference and are on path to sit out the Stanley Cup playoffs for the seventh consecutive season. It is the second-longest drought among NHL teams. Carolina currently has missed the postseason for eight straight years.

Some indifferent play has been an issue at times, as it often is with teams in last place. However, Buffalo has been a unit that has had trouble scoring all season. Its 117 goals are the fewest in the NHL.

A 1-0 home loss to St. Louis on Saturday represented the fifth time the Sabres have been shut out. They’ve been held to two goals or fewer on 31 occasions. Their power play ranks 27th with a 16.1 percent success rate. They do generate 30.9 shots per game, but have only 77 goals at even strength.

Jack Eichel leads Buffalo with 20 goals and 29 assists. In his third season, Eichel is on pace to set career highs in goals, assists and points, but has not scored in four games since exploding for a goal and three assists in a 5-0 win over Edmonton. That capped a seven-game stretch in which he had 14 points.

Left wing Evander Kane (16 goals, 20 assists), the subject of trade speculation given that he’s on an expiring contract, has slumped badly. Kane doesn’t have a point in eight games and has a goal and two assists over his past 17 contests.

Ryan O’Reilly and Kyle Okposo have been more productive of late. Both forwards have 11 points in their past 10 games. A top faceoff artist, O’Reilly has been effective on the power play with eight of his 14 goals coming with the man advantage.

Robin Lehner (11-20-6, 2.80 GAA, .914 SV% ) is expected to make the start in goal. Backup Chad Johnson has had some strong games against Anaheim in the past. He had a 25-save effort in the Sabres’ win at Honda Center earlier this year and has a 44-save shutout of the Ducks in December 2015.

Buffalo is making its fifth attempt at collecting its 1,000th home victory in the regular season.

“It’s really frustrating to not win at home,” Okposo told The Buffalo News. “It’s such a passionate fan base and such a passionate city. You saw the way the city rallied around the Bills making the playoffs. You just want to be better for your home fans.

”I feel we need to give them more. You’d love to win here because the city deserves a winner.”

Here is the projected lineup for the Sabres:

Evander Kane-Ryan O’Reilly-Kyle Okposo

Zemgus Girgensons-Jack Eichel-Sam Reinhart

Scott Wilson-Evan Rodrigues-Jason Pominville

Benoit Pouliot-Jacob Josefson-Jordan Nolan

Marco Scandella-Rasmus Ristolainen

Jake McCabe-Victor Antipin

Nathan Beaulieu-Casey Nelson