Aberdeen and St Johnstone shared the Ladbrokes Premiership points on a difficult day for football at Pittodrie, with a strong wind hampering both sides.
As a result, much of the play was concentrated into a midfield battle, with little guile from either side.
Ryan Hedges had the home side in front just before the half-hour with a low drive, but Tommy Wright’s men levelled 15 minutes later thanks to a Michael O’Halloran shot Joe Lewis will feel he should have stopped.
Aberdeen first threatened in the 17th minute. Left-back Greg Leigh crossed from the left, right footed, finding Sam Cosgrove. The Englishman’s header took a deflection off Scott Tanser and wrong-footed goalkeeper Zander Clark but the ball came back off the post.
However the visitors were level two minutes from the interval. O’Halloran’s shot looked routine for Lewis but the ball seemed to bobble in front of him and it found the bottom-right corner of the target.
Saints were buoyed by their goal and were the better side in the early exchanges of the second period, with Jason Holt taking hold of the midfield. Twice he teed up Murray Davidson – the first, from a right-wing corner, saw the midfielder head wide, the latter saw Lewis push an angled drive around the post.
