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BUFFALO — Blake Wheeler joked that he was channelling his inner Patrick Kane. “Spitting image, right?” he told the Free Press with a smirk. Connor Hellebuyck, on the other hand, was simply being the best version of himself. But there’s no mistaking the fact that clutch contributions from the captain and the keeper played key roles in Winnipeg’s 3-2 shootout victory over Buffalo on Wednesday night.