Rangers coach Gerard Gallant is a skeptic when it comes to playoff momentum

Chytil and Ryan Strome both listed as game-time decisions for Game 5.

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There's no momentum," Gallant said on Wednesday before flying back from Florida.

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When we're up two games to none, I don't think we carried any momentum. I just

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Now, the Rangers will have to prove it against the defending Stanley Cup

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kickstart the offense after a 4-1 loss down in Tampa.

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Andrew Copp described the advantage as part matchups, part mental.

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Gallant chalked it up to a combination of factors, including the favorable crowd

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lower-body injury, while Chytil (upper-body) went out in the

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second period after a hit from Tampa's Victor Hedman.

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