Junior Stanislas earned West Ham a priceless point with a 78th-minute equaliser at Ewood Park that denied caretaker Blackburn manager Steve Kean a win in his first game in charge.
With West Ham boss Avram Grant enduring another week of speculation about his future, it was an important match for both men, and, after a woeful first half, it was Blackburn who made the breakthrough in the 51st minute thanks to the scrappiest of goals from Ryan Nelsen.
Defeat would certainly have been harsh on the visitors, who were easily the more creative side, and they got their rewards when Stanislas fired an unstoppable shot into the far corner shortly after Matthew Upson had hit a post.
Blackburn Rovers and referee Mike Dean earned the wrath of the West Ham fans when they failed to put the ball out after Upson went down clutching his face, and in the 71st minute the Hammers defender almost took revenge in the best possible way.
This time it was the Rovers defence that did not deal with a cross but Upson curled his shot against the outside of a post. The Hammers created another decent opening moments later when Piquionne headed Stanislas' corner over the bar.
They certainly deserved an equaliser and 12 minutes from time they got one. Scott Parker, so often at the heart of West Ham's best moments, drove into the box and defended Gael Givet could only divert the ball into the path of Stanislas, who smacked his shot into the far corner.
Blackburn had been poor but they upped their level again and thought they had gone straight back in front only for Dunn to be denied by an offside flag.
Both sides pushed for a winner and Pedersen almost caught out Boffin with an audacious 40-yard free-kick, while the Norwegian had the final chance with another set-piece from the edge of the area that just missed the far post.
