Anders Christiansen and Antonio-Mirko Colak both had to start on the bench away against Halmstad.
MFF has an important return away in the qualifiers for the Champions League against Scottish Rangers on Tuesday after winning the first meeting in Malmö with 2-1.
An important match where you want both Christiansen and Colak rested and ready.
Malmö was leading the game in the first half, but did not manage to reach any direct dangers.
Lost in the top fight
When the hour was played, the mentioned stars came in.
The closest to breaking the deadlock in the match was Christiansen when he put his head on a post with ten minutes left but the HBK goalkeeper, Malkolm Nilsson, stood for a sweaty parade.
Malmö is fighting at the top of the Allsvenskan and pushed for a winning goal that would make them new league leaders after losing just that position to Djurgården.
But the match ended goalless and with that result, the Scanians took up the same points as the league leaders, but now with one match more played.
Djurgården meets AIK in a Stockholm derby on Sunday.