ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Blues forward Dylan Holloway left Thursday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning and left the ice on a stretcher after being hit by a puck late in the first period.

Holloway was hit in the neck by a puck with 2:37 left in the period, and finished his shift, continuing to participate in the game before making his way to the bench under his own power.

As the game was stopped with 1:11 remaining for a high-sticking penalty that was later overturned, teammates began calling and gesturing for help.

Blues coach Ray Barile and medical staff from both teams tended to Holloway for several minutes before emergency medical technicians carried him off the bench on a stretcher.

Holloway was seen raising his arm as he was carried.

Referees Wes McCauley and Cody Beach sent the teams to their locker rooms and began the first intermission after Holloway was carried off the bench due to the nature of the injury.