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Arizona visits Boston after Ritchie's 2-goal game

Arizona Coyotes (0-1-0, sixth in the Central Division) vs. Boston Bruins (1-0-0, first in the Atlantic Division) Boston; Saturday, 7 p.m.

Arizona Coyotes (0-1-0, sixth in the Central Division) vs. Boston Bruins (1-0-0, first in the Atlantic Division)

Boston; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Arizona Coyotes visit the Boston Bruins after Nick Ritchie scored two goals in the Coyotes' 6-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Boston went 51-26-5 overall and 28-14-2 in home games a season ago. Goalies for the Bruins averaged 26.2 saves per game last season while allowing 2.7 goals per game.

Arizona had a 25-50-7 record overall and a 14-23-4 record in road games last season. The Coyotes scored 206 goals while giving up 309 last season for a -103 goal differential.

INJURIES: Bruins: Matt Grzelcyk: out (shoulder), Charlie McAvoy: out (shoulder), Brad Marchand: out (hip).

Coyotes: Ben McCartney: out (lower body), Andrew Ladd: out (undisclosed), Jakob Chychrun: out (ankle).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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