When Washington's Mike Knuble takes the ice for his first shift tonight at home against Nashville, he will have played in his 1,000th NHL game. A 1991 fourth-round selection of the Red Wings, Knuble went from a player struggling to get 10 minutes per night to one of the game's most dependable power forwards. In his first 999 games, the 39-year-old has 271 goals and 531 points.