Louis Moult's late strike denied Hull City a first win in six games
Hull City missed a chance to move out of the Championship relegation zone as fellow strugglers Preston North End grabbed a late equaliser.
The Tigers hit the woodwork three times through Kamil Grosicki, Chris Martin and Jarrod Bowen and saw Preston goalkeeper Chris Maxwell pull off a string of saves.
Bowen then put the Tigers ahead from the penalty spot five minutes from time after Lilywhites centre-back Jordan Storey had brought down Martin.
But Preston hit back in the third minute of stoppage time when Louis Moult brought the ball down, turned and fired in to extend the visitors' unbeaten run to three games.
Hull had failed to score in three of their past four games heading into the match and looked like they would draw another blank until Bowen broke the deadlock from 12 yards.
After Alan Brown and Lukas Nmecha spurned early chances for North End, Poland international Grosicki's fierce strike came back off the upright and Martin hit the bar with a header.
Maxwell denied Bowen from Grosicki's cutback after the break and the influential Pole had two more attempts saved before Maxwell deflected another Bowen effort onto the post.
The forward's fourth goal of the campaign seemed set to give Nigel Adkins' side a first win in six games but substitute Moult struck to share the spoils.
Alex Neil's Preston move out of the bottom three on goal difference after Millwall lost at Reading, while Hull climb off the bottom having won more games than Ipswich Town, who return to the foot of the table.
Hull manager Nigel Adkins:
"We played well and created a lot of chances. It was a good performance.
"We put ourselves in a position to win it and it was just a case of seeing the game out.
"It's just fine margins - we've hit the woodwork three times and their goalkeeper has made a lot of good saves.
"The players are working hard. We've got a point and we've got to keep going."
Preston manager Alex Neil:
"We started the game quite brightly but, from 15 minutes onwards, Hull were better. We didn't keep the ball in the top end of the pitch well enough.
We rode our luck a little bit. We made a few changes and we were on top when they scored.
"It was quite a strange game. They had the most of the territory and the best of the clear-cut opportunities, but we also had chances.
"I still wasn't that pleased with how we've played, but, based on the game, we'll take a point and move on to the next one."
