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Nick Ritchie scored two power-play goals but it wasn’t enough to overcome Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Arizona Coyotes’ season opener. Karel Vejmelka stopped 47 of 53 and Nick Schmaltz left the game with an upper-body injury.