The former Oiler was stretchered off the bench after taking a puck to the neck in Tuesday's game against Tampa Bay.

Dylan Holloway must be feeling pretty fortunate right now.

The former Oiler is, remarkably, back in the St. Louis Blues lineup tonight, just two days after taking a puck to the throat and leaving the bench on a stretcher in the Blues' game against Tampa Bay on Tuesday.

Not only is Holloway back without missing any time, he's in St. Louis' starting lineup.

Holloway spoke to the media at Blues practice yesterday, saying he didn't have much memory of the incident, just that he briefly blacked out on the bench and was taken off on a stretcher and eventually to the hospital.

"I didn't even know they stopped the game," Holloway said. The game was paused with 1:11 left in the first period and later resumed.

Holloway also said yesterday that he was told the puck hit him in a nerve in his neck, and that his blacking out was a "pretty normal response".

He hoped to be able to play in tonight's game against the Utah Hockey Club, which of course he now is.

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Holloway has enjoyed a hot start to his Blues tenure, with four goals and six points in 13 games since signing an offer sheet with St. Louis in August. He's moved up and down the lineup as the Blues have continually shuffled their lines, but he's found success in top-six minutes. It appears he'll get another chance on a scoring line tonight, next to Pavel Buchnevich and Jake Neighbours.

Though this is the first time the Blues have faced Utah in the regular season, Holloway already has some familiarity with the NHL's newest franchise. He scored his first-ever goal in a Blues uniform against Utah in a pre-season match in Des Moines, Iowa.

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