David Pastrnak found himself in an unfamiliar spot Sunday — serving as the partition between the Bruins’ forwards and defensemen on the bench. For the final 20 minutes of a 2-0 win over the Kraken at TD Garden, the Bruins’ top forward remained ...

"It's a bad play. So ... I take accountability and I am already moving forward.” The post Bruins’ David Pastrnak takes accountability after third-period benching appeared first on Boston.com.

Pastrnak says he will "take responsibility for being better. At the same time, I’m just moving forward today, focusing for another game."

Sunday was not the first time Montgomery held his leaders in check; Bruins captain Brad Marchand committed a turnover that led to a Utah Hockey Club goal, which happened to be overturned, in Boston’s 2-1 overtime loss Oct. 19. After the play, Montgomery was spotted yelling at Marchand on the bench.

David Pastrnak was benched for the third period in Boston's 2-0 win over the Kraken. Here's what his Bruins teammates said of the move.

Boston Bruins superstar David Pastrnak was benched for the entire third period in their Sunday (Nov. 4) win against the Seattle Kraken. With Pastrnak being the team's best player, this was major news.

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But Pastrnak was forced to watch the final 20 minutes of his team's 2-0 win over the Seattle Kraken on Sunday after being benched by head coach Jim Montgomery. Montgomery called Pastrnak's benching a "coach's decision" when asked about it postgame and didn't elaborate further.

BOSTON — While the Bruins may have put their recent struggles behind them with back-to-back wins this weekend, David Pastrnak’s play didn’t rebound with the rest of the Boston players. Jim Montgomery benched his All-Star forward for the third period in Sunday’s 2-0 win over the Kraken at TD Garden.