Andrew Driver made a goalscoring return as Hearts sealed a 2-1 Edinburgh derby victory over Hibernian with two goals in three first-half minutes.
Driver lashed home the 24th-minute opener on his first appearance for more than six weeks, after a knee injury, and Gary Glen soon turned home the second.
Hearts should have put the Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash far beyond Hibernian but Derek Riordan's 79th-minute goal set up an interesting finale.
Sol Bamba made a solid start in place of Chris Hogg in central defence and Hearts' injury problems were exacerbated when centre-back Dawid Kucharski went off in the 18th minute.
Suso Santana came on at right midfield and, with Jose Goncalves absent through injury, Lee Wallace moved alongside Eggert Jonsson in central defence with Ruben Palazuelos filling in at left-back.
But Hearts soon took the lead when Suso's cross hit off the outside of the post and fell for Driver to volley into the roof of the net from 10 yards.
Hearts immediately made another change with Ryan Stevenson replacing Black after the midfielder failed to shake off a head injury.
But they doubled their lead when Glen nodded home from close range after Eggert Jonsson had headed on Driver's corner. Hearts soon twice went close from the same source but John Rankin cleared Jonsson's volley off the line and David Obua headed over from eight yards.
Glen missed another glorious chance in the 53rd minute when Obua's return pass played him clean through but the youngster over-ran the ball as he went round Stack.
Hibs substitute Abdessalam Benjelloun shot over from 20 yards and Hibs did not look like getting back into the game, but Riordan netted out of the blue. Several Hearts players missed the chance to clear David Wotherspoon's low cross from the right and Riordan fired the ball in off the bar at the back post.
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