STAGS keeper Carl Muggleton was the hero with a penalty save and a last minute stop as Mansfield came away with a hard-earned point from Barnet.
Muggleton turned aside a 78th minute by Jason Puncheon and then acrobatically denied Neal Bishop in the fifth minute of stoppage time as Mansfield ended a run of seven straight defeats.
"You hope a point away from home will give you that stepping stone to kickstart your season," he said.
"We need to keep putting performances in like that and being resilient.
"I was pleased to save the penalty. As long as you guess the right way you have a chance.
"The lad tried to give me the eyes but it was nice to guess right and make the save, especially with a point at stake.
"The last minute save was quite easy really as I saw it early. Perhaps I made a bit of a meal of it but I was pleased to hold on and not concede a corner."
He added: "I thought we deserved more.
"We had a lot of chances in the first half. If one of those had gone in and we'd come out and made a start like we did in the second half, 2-0 would have made things a bit easier for us.
"Down the slope in the second half we had to cope with quite a bit of pressure but we had two solid banks of four and everyone stuck together which was good."
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