Head coach Critchley started life at Tynecastle with a 4-0 demolition of St Mirren and an impressive Conference League win midweek.
They’ve now scored at the death to deny their rivals the chance to leap above them in the league. These are all things going in their favour but they failed to create many clear-cut chances despite having plenty of the ball.
They finished the game with 64% of the ball, more touches in the opposition box than Hibs, and more passes into the final third. Plenty more attacking stats favoured them too.
However, they only registered two shots on target with the xG suggesting a more clinical Hibs side would have secured three points. The hosts registered 2.16 expected goals to Hearts’ 1.15.
Shankland has yet to find his form of last season, with a few of his missed chances undoubtedly going down as goals just a few months ago.
They may have condemned Hibs to a longer stay at the bottom of the table but will need to find a clinical touch if they want to move away from the bottom two themselves.