Motherwell’s impressive start under Alfred Johansson continued as they secured a creditable draw away to HJK Helsinki in the first leg of their Conference League third qualifying round tie.The Lanarkshire side’s new Swedish boss briefly looked on course for his fourth consecutive victory at the helm after Tawanda Maswanhise’s penalty gave the Steelmen the lead just after the hour.But 36-year-old former Celtic and Norwich striker Teemu Pukki equalised for Finnish side HJK within seconds of stepping off the bench.Motherwell, who lost Alex Lowry and Regan Charles-Cook to injuries in the closing stages, will return home feeling they have a good chance of setting up a glamour play-off round showdown with Europa League runners-up Freiburg later this month.Johansson said: ‘I think it was a good performance. I’m very, very proud of the players. They started to be even more brave in their decision-making [in the second half], they were more aggressive in the press, which allows you to recover more balls higher up the pitch, which makes you feel more confident.‘The players turned up the heat a little bit and that was good to see.’ Masked man Tawanda Maswanhise scored Motherwell’s opener from the penalty spot Former Celtic and Norwich front man Teemu Pukki came off the bench to score the equaliserHJK, who thrashed Coleraine 8-0 on aggregate in the previous round, went into the match on the back of a 3-0 Veikkausliiga defeat at SJK on Monday that had left them fourth in the table.Johansson handed a first start to on-loan Wycombe midfielder Lowry and a first start of the season to talismanic forward Maswanhise.The hosts had the best chance of an evenly contested but largely uneventful first half as Leonel Montano saw a header from close range pushed behind by goalkeeper Alex Paulsen.Paulsen was called into action again two minutes after the break to deny Mads Borchers on the angle of the six-yard box.Having struggled to impose themselves in the final third before the break, Motherwell made a more purposeful start to the second half, Lowry, Charles-Cook and Martin Moormann going close before Emmanuel Longelo smashed a ferocious strike off the crossbar.Just before the hour, Charles-Cook went down in the box under a challenge by Miska Ylitolva. Following a lengthy VAR check and a pitchside monitor review, Czech referee Dalibor Cerny awarded a penalty and Maswanhise stepped up to fire home his first goal of the season.Pukki was introduced in the 70th minute and the veteran brought HJK level within a minute of entering the fray with an angled finish high past Paulsen from six yards.