Barnsley threatened most during the opening exchanges with Conor Chaplin's stinging 25-yard shot pushed into the air by Blackburn's Thomas Kaminski.

After a stretching Sam Gallagher failed to latch on to Elliott Bennett's through ball with home keeper Brad Collins stranded out of his goal, Cauley Woodrow then headed over from close to the penalty spot following Callum Styles' corner at the other end.

An edge-of-the-box Romal Palmer volley also bounced narrowly wide for the Tykes before Victor Adeboyejo charged on to a quickly-taken Chaplin free-kick through the left channel only for Kaminski to direct his eight-yard side-footed effort on to the crossbar and over.

Blackburn managed their first attempt of the night after 36 minutes but Darragh Lenihan's header from Stewart Downing's bending right-wing cross lacked the venom and direction to trouble Collins.

Bradley Dack went closer for Tony Mowbray's men on the stroke of half-time when he headed just over from Barry Douglas' left-wing delivery.

After his side made a lethargic start to the second period, Barnsley boss Valerien Ismael responded with a triple substitution in the 55th minute having already replaced Styles with Jordan Williams at the interval.

Morris made an instant impression and was only denied a goal from his first contribution by a superb block from Taylor Harwood-Bellis.

Moments later, Mowatt dragged a 20-yard opportunity wide, while Gallagher's header was too weak to trouble Collins for Rovers just past the hour.

Midway through the half, Kaminski unconvincingly shovelled away Mads Andersen's header from a Mowatt free-kick.

Fellow defender Michal Helik, meanwhile, headed woefully off target following Callum Brittain's inviting right-wing delivery before Morris intervened.

Picking the ball up in the left channel, the 25-year-old striker cut inside and pinged a powerful diagonal strike in off a helpless Kaminski's far post from the edge of the penalty box.

Brimming with confidence, he almost grabbed a second but Kaminski was equal to his 12-yard drive.

Mowatt was then sent clear by Daryl Dike and calmly rounded the Blackburn keeper before rolling the ball into an unguarded net.

Armstrong, who had not had a sniff all night, pulled a goal back with one of the last kicks of the game, latching on to a long punt forward in the fourth minute of added time and lifting the ball from 25 yards over Collins, who was caught well off his line.