Ducks’ Sami Vatanen and Ryan Miller suit up in 4-1 victory over Lightning

Finally, the Ducks are close to full strength.

Defenseman Sami Vatanen and goaltender Ryan Miller were activated from the injured list in time for Saturday’s 4-1 victory over the league-best Tampa Bay Lightning. To make room on the 23-man roster, the Ducks reassigned Kalle Kossila and Steven Oleksy to San Diego.

Both players suited up, with Miller replacing Reto Berra as John Gibson’s backup. Gibson has started all 10 games this season, but with the team’s first back-to-back contest of the season Sunday against the Carolina Hurricanes, Miller figures to make his debut in net for the Ducks.

Rickard Rakell and Brandon Montour had power-play goals on the Ducks’ only two man-advantage situations, Ryan Getzlaf had three assists and Gibson made 31 saves to help Anaheim, which had the NHL’s second-worst power play (two for 21) heading into the game, earn the win.

Rakell got his second goal midway through the third and Hampus Lindholm added another goal for the Ducks, who were coming off an 8-3 loss at Florida on Thursday.

Miller, who is 37 and won the 2010 Vezina Trophy, signed a two-year, $4-million contract during the offseason to bolster the team’s goaltending depth behind the oft-injured Gibson.

But Miller suffered a left wrist injury during the preseason and was unable to suit up until now.

“On a new team, you want to make an impact and build some trust,” Miller said recently. “It just hasn’t been the case yet. ... I’m just trying to work hard and pay attention to games.”

Now, he’ll have a chance to pay attention from the bench. And Vatanen is back to his familiar spot on the power play and on the back end.

He underwent offseason surgery to repair a torn labrum, and four days after Hampus Lindholm returned from the same injury, Vatanen is back too. Their availability comes at a most opportune time.

Cam Fowler will miss the next three to seven weeks with a right knee injury, and Kevin Bieksa is out with a left hand injury (he’s set to be reevaluated Monday).

“It’s never fun watching hockey games from the stands, it looks so weird and you’re more nervous than you normally are on the ice. You see the ice a little bit differently.”

But that’s now in the past, and the Ducks are just a few more players away from being 100%.

Associated Press contributed to this article.