Darlington cemented their place in the League Two play-offs as they came from behind to earn a draw which ended Chesterfield's top-seven hopes.
Chesterfield frustrated the Quakers until they took a 50th-minute lead when a long pass was flicked on for Jamie Ward to hammer past David Stockdale.
Darlington went into the game with six strikers injured - but they hit back.
Tommy Wright got through on the left and scored his 15th of the season with a low shot to earn the Quakers a point.
Chesterfield: Roche, Picken, Downes (Lester 74), Hawkins, Hartley, Lowry, Niven, Dowson (Owens 75), Leven (Winter 33), Ward, Fletcher.
Subs Not Used: Dyer, Kovacs.
Booked: Leven, Picken, Niven.
Goals: Ward 50.
Darlington: Stockdale, Valentine, White, Foster, Parker, Wainwright (Wiseman 84), Keltie, Ravenhill, Kennedy (Cummins 67), Purdie (Nelthorpe 67), Wright.
Subs Not Used: Austin, Kazimierczak.
Booked: Foster.
Goals: Wright 68.
Att: 3,809
Ref: K Evans (Lancashire).
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