BUFFALO – Sabres prospect Matt Savoie is week to week with an upper-body injury.

The 5-foot-10, 170-pound center was injured Monday on the first shift of Buffalo’s game against Pittsburgh in the Prospects Challenge finale when he collided with Penguins forward Jagger Joshua (6-foot-2, 201 pounds).

“He’ll be out a little bit,” general manager Kevyn Adams said. “It’s honestly best-case scenario after the imaging and everything, but he will miss some time. I put him more in the week to week type of range than day to day, but we’re also going to be really patient and make sure that he’s full go before we let him out there. But good news overall.”

Savoie, 19, is expected to compete for an NHL roster spot, part of a group that also includes Jiri Kulich, Isak Rosen and Lukas Rousek. Adams said “there’s a chance” the No. 9 pick in the 2022 NHL Draft can return before the end of training camp.

“I don’t think this week is likely and then we’ll kind of reevaluate,” he said. “I know he’s begging, but we’ll have to kind of take it week by week here.”

Savoie had two goals in the opening game of the tournament, a 6-3 win against the Montreal Canadiens, playing alongside Zach Benson, his Western Hockey League linemate whom the Sabres selected at No. 13 at the draft in June.

“I think he had a great summer,” Adams said. “From a playing standpoint, I loved the way he was skating, competing. Really impactful shift to shift through the rookie tournament.”

If he doesn’t crack the NHL roster, he’ll have to head back to the WHL with the Wenatchee Wild as he’s ineligible to play in the American Hockey League due to his age. Savoie had a dominant junior season in 2022-23, with 95 points (38 goals, 57 assists) in 62 games and another 29 points (11 goals, 18 assists) in 19 playoff games.