The son of the player, who was bypassed by Ovechkin in the sniper race, negatively assessed the achievement

Brett Hull's son negatively assessed Ovechkin's fourth place in the NHL for goals

Twitter appreciated the achievement of the Russian striker of the Washington Capitals club Alexander Ovechkin, who came in fourth in the number of goals in the National Hockey League (NHL).

The former athlete posted a video of Ovechkin's abandoned puck, which allowed him to climb to fourth place in the sniper race, and attached three downward thumbs emoji to it. He later wrote: “In Russia, will you not support your father and be disappointed when his achievement is beaten? Do I understand correctly? ”

He added that his negative assessment caused a reaction among Russian fans.

On November 9, Ovechkin climbed to the fourth place in the number of goals scored in the NHL in the history of the league thanks to a goal in a regular season match against the Buffalo Sabers. The athlete has now scored 741 goals. Ovechkin and Hull currently have the same number of goals, but the American needed more matches to achieve this.

The best NHL scorer in history is center striker Wayne Gretzky, who scored 894 goals, Gordie Howe is also in the top three snipers. with 801 goals and Jaromir Jagr with 766 goals.

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