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.

The incident occurred in the first period during the Blues' game against the Tampa Bay Lightning. A silent Enterprise Center crowd watched as Holloway received immediate medical attention, then be loaded onto the stretcher.

Blues forward Dylan Holloway was taken off the bench on a stretcher and transported to a local hospital after he was hit by a puck in the neck area.

Blues' Dylan Holloway gets hit in the neck area with the puck and is examined on the bench before being stretchered off.