Newcastle twice came from behind to earn a 2-2 with promotion rivals West Brom at St James' Park.
Lovenkrands provides fitting tribute at St James' Park
Newcastle extended their lead at the top of the Championship to three points as they drew 2-2 at home to West Brom.
It was the visitors who took an early lead when Jonas Olsson fired home after 13 minutes only for Danny Guthrie to level 12 minutes later.
The second half told a similar story, with Roman Bednar putting the Baggies ahead within seconds of the restart.
However, the home side managed to prevent West Brom from becoming the first visiting side to win at St James' Park this season when Peter Lovenkrands, who had just returned from compassionate leave after the death of his father, managed to level in the 54th minute.
Thrilling
The Baggies, who host Newcastle in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday, left Tyneside knowing they could have taken all three points from a thrilling encounter after substitute Ishmael Miller fired against a post from point-blank range with just eight minutes remaining.
The visitors took the lead with 13 minutes gone when, after the home defence had cleared a Chris Brunt corner, Graham Dorrans was allowed to recycle the ball and cross from the left for the unmarked Olsson to cushion a volley past Harper.
But Chris Hughton's men were back in it with 25 minutes gone when, after Youssouf Mulumbu had been penalised for a foul on Shola Ameobi 25 yards out, Guthrie curled home a superb free-kick which left Albion goalkeeper Scott Carson rooted to the spot.
Harper was relieved to see Brunt's 35th-minute free-kick fly just wide with the Baggies once again dominating, but he was in the right place to collect Bednar's cheeky back-heel from Brunt's shot six minutes later.
However, Ameobi headed a Lovenkrands cross straight at Carson with three minutes of the half remaining with the game continuing at break-neck pace.
Disarray
There was still time for Harper to pull off two fine saves in injury time, one from Jerome Thomas' deflected close-range effort and the other from Gabriel Tamas' 30-yard piledriver.
But there was nothing the home goalkeeper could do to stop Bednar just 34 seconds after the restart when Dorrans was allowed to run deep into enemy territory before picking out the unmarked striker, whose initial header reared up off Harper and on to the crossbar before he nodded the rebound home.
The home side were once again in disarray, but they dragged themselves back on to level terms when Lovenkrands found space to glance a header from Jose Enrique's 54th-minute cross inside Carson's near post with the goalkeeper reacting too late to do anything about it.
But the woodwork came to Harper's rescue when Miller met Thomas' 82nd-minute cross but with the goal at his mercy, fired against the post.
