Bruins’ David Pastrnak takes accountability after third-period benching

David Pastrnak spent the third period of Sunday's win over Seattle stapled to the bench.David Pastrnak found himself in an unfamiliar spot Sunday — serving as the partition between the Bruins’ crop of forwards and blueliners on Boston’s bench.

For the final 20 minutes of Boston’s 2-0 win over the Kraken at TD Garden, the Bruins’ top forward remained stapled to his spot in no man’s land on the pine. Benchings are a trusty avenue for coaches when it comes to both getting one’s message across and delivering hard truths in accountability to most NHL players.

Of course, David Pastrnak is not exactly like most NHLers.

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The 28-year-old Czech winger is Boston’s highest-paid player ($11.25…