SAN JOSE >> Center Macklin Celebrini will remain out of the offensively starved San Jose Sharks lineup for at least the next two weeks as the team tries to give his hip injury the proper amount of time to heal before he continues with his rookie NHL season.

Celebrini has not played since the Sharks’ season opener on Oct. 10, when he had a goal and an assist against the St. Louis Blues in his dazzling NHL debut. Although Celebrini has resumed skating, he is still considered week-to-week, and there is no precise time frame for his return to the team’s lineup.

General manager Mike Grier said Monday that the Sharks will update the 18-year-old’s status in another two weeks. Celebrini will remain in San Jose as the Sharks begin a four-game road trip tonight in Anaheim, followed by games in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Utah.

The two-week timetable would rule Celebrini out of home games later this month against Los Angeles and Chicago, again denying fans the chance to see him compete against 19-year-old Blackhawks center Connor Bedard. Celebrini, on injured reserve since Oct. 12, missed the first meeting between the two teams on Thursday when the Sharks lost 4-2 at the United Center.

Celebrini was selected first overall by the Sharks at the NHL draft in June, and Bedard was taken No. 1 overall by the Blackhawks last year. Bedard led all rookies with 61 points last season before he was voted the Calder Trophy winner.

Celebrini was initially hurt during training camp last month, leaving midway through a Sept. 24 practice. He returned to practice the next day and played in an Oct. 1 preseason game against the Utah Hockey Club.

But Celebrini had to leave the game midway through the second period after he was tripped on a partial breakaway and fell hard into the end boards, exacerbating the injury.

The Sharks (0-4-2) and Nashville Predators (0-5-0) are the only two teams in the NHL without a win. Without Celebrini in the lineup, the Sharks have scored just eight goals in their past five games and are 2-for-16 on the power play.

“We miss him for sure,” Grier said. “He’s someone who plays with pace and pushes the pace offensively and creates chances for himself and opportunities for his teammates as well. So we’ve definitely missed him 5-on-5, we’ve missed him on the power play a little bit.

“But that’s sports, and that’s what the league is about. Someone else has got to kind of step up and step in and try and fill the void that he’s left.”

Grier wasn’t sure whether Celebrini would be able to return in two weeks.

“Maybe he’s ready to go. Maybe he’s not,” Grier said. “I can’t really answer that as far as how his body’s going to respond.”

Still, the Sharks want to give Celebrini the time to heal and return to 100%. The start of next month includes games against Celebrini’s hometown Vancouver Canucks on Nov. 2, which is within the two-week window, the Columbus Blue Jackets on Nov. 5 and Minnesota Wild on Nov. 7.

“He’s so competitive, we’ve got to kind of hold him back a little bit just to make sure everything’s right and healthy and he’s ready to go,” Grier said. “But talking to him before (his debut), it was like Christmas for him. The wait was finally over to get to play an NHL game and have some success that first game, but then obviously not feeling great after it.

“I’m sure he’s itching to get out there, but we’ve got to make sure he’s completely healthy before we get him back out again.”

Once Celebrini does return, the Sharks have a plan for him and fellow rookie Will Smith. To mitigate the risk of more injuries, they’ll be given scheduled games off throughout the rest of the first half of the season.

Grier wouldn’t reveal if there will be a pattern to the built-in games off for both players, but the absences will be enough to help Celebrini and Smith, 19, adjust to an 82-game NHL season after playing half as many games at the NCAA level last year.

On days when Celebrini and Smith are not playing, they’ll be in the gym trying to improve their strength and conditioning and doing skill development drills on the ice.

Smith has already sat out a game. He was scratched, as planned, from Friday’s game in Winnipeg a night after he played 19 minutes against the Blackhawks.

“It’s all part of player development,” Grier said. “The league’s a little different now. You have to continue to develop your players while they’re in the NHL, where, in the past, that probably wasn’t the case quite as much.

“It’s what we think is best for them to keep growing as players and as individuals.”

OTHER INJURIES >> Forward Thomas Bordeleau and defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin, both considered day-to-day with lower-body injuries, did not travel with the Sharks on this road trip.

Defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper body) is a little behind Bordeleau and Mukhamadullin as he is not skating. Vlasic had been skating, but coach Ryan Warsofsky said the Sharks “went a different little way with the rehab, so I wouldn’t say it was a setback.”