Holloway got to the bench and told head athletic trainer Ray Barile something was not right, and the Blues training staff immediately went into action, stabilizing Holloway's head before the medical staff could get to the bench with a stretcher. He was taken to the hospital with his mother and father, who were in town, accompanying him.

St. Louis Blues forward Dylan Holloway was taken off the ice in a stretcher during Tuesday's tilt against the Tampa Bay Lightning after a puck hit him in the throat area. Holloway could be seen receiving medical attention on the bench before the medical staff brought out the stretcher and loaded him onto it.

St. Louis Blues forward Dylan Holloway left Tuesday night’s contest against the Tampa Bay Lightning and departed the rink on a stretcher after being struck by a puck late in the first period.