Victor Anichebe halved the deficit shortly after the break before
Berahino's seventh Premier League goal of the season ensured a
2-2 draw at the death.
Hangeland, who continued to deputise for the injured Scott
Dann, opened the scoring with a close-range effort from a
Palace set-piece, before captain Jedinak added a second from 1
yards in first-half injury time.
Anichebe's six-yard header brought West Brom back into the
game, although Palace felt hard done by after goalkeeper Julian
Speroni was caught by the elbow of the Craig Dawson.
And West Brom's concerted second-half pressure finally bore
fruit as Jedinak was punished for a clumsy foul on Anichebe and
Berahino - who also scored in West Brom's 2-2 draw with
Manchester United on Monday - stayed cool to level the match.
West Brom looked lively in the opening stages but Palace
wingers Wilfried Zaha, one of three men to come in from the
Chelsea defeat, and Yannick Bolasie soon started causing
problems.
One particularly mazy run from Zaha led to a free-kick in a
dangerous area on the right, and from Joe Ledley's cross Fraizer
Campbell's looping header forced Ben Foster - restored to West
Brom's line-up after a calf injury - to tip over the crossbar.
The resulting corner saw Palace move ahead in the 16th minute.
Hangeland met Bolasie's delivery in a packed six-yard box and,
though Foster saved his first effort, the centre-back poked hom
the rebound.
West Brom responded well and Speroni made a smart stop fro
Gardner's stinging 25-yard drive.
Palace weathered the storm and Zaha had claims for a penalty
seven minutes before the break when he was felled by Dawson
on the left of the area.
The visitors were awarded a spot-kick on the stroke of half-time,
though. Sebastien Pocognoli slid through Bolasie prompting
referee Mark Clattenburg to point to the spot.
And Jedinak kept his cool and sent Foster the wrong way with a
penalty to the bottom left-hand corner.
Anichebe was introduced at half-time and made an almost-
immediate impact.
Speroni pulled off a fine save to keep out Berahino's curling
effort, but from Chris Brunt's resulting corner, Anichebe
nodded home.
Palace were left fuming with the decision, though, as Speroni
appeared to take an elbow to the head from Dawson and he was
replaced between the posts by Wayne Hennessey.
Anichebe's strength was causing the Palace defence problems
and he saw another shot blocked in the penalty area, before
Gardner's looping long range effort beat Hennessey but not the
crossbar.
But the pressure finally told in stoppage time, as Jedinak
needlessly chopped down Anichebe and Berahino placed his
penalty into the bottom left-hand corner.
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