Evanilson's double rescued a draw for Bournemouth at West Ham as the Cherries' winless run in the Premier League stretched to six games.
The Brazilian had scored for the third game running to find the breakthrough from close range in the first half after Alphonse Areola spilled a low effort from Antoine Semenyo.
Substitute Niclas Fullkrug and Jarrod Bowen then scored in the space of seven minutes as the Hammers' second-half resurgence gained them the upper hand at a sunny London Stadium.
But Bournemouth rescued a point late on as Evanilson tapped home his second goal after Dean Huijsen flicked a quickly taken free-kick towards the far post.
It was the striker's sixth goal in as many games for Bournemouth, who were once again without their 12-goal top scorer Justin Kluivert.
Evanilson had gone close only two minutes in when his header from a Dango Ouattara cross sailed inches wide, before he bagged his first of the game.
Graham Potter's side were lucky to go into the break only one goal down as Illia Zabarnyi's header from Lewis Cook's corner rattled the crossbar.
But Germany striker Fullkrug's introduction in the 61st minute turned the game on its head.
His header from James Ward-Prowse's cross to equalise was West Ham's first shot on target, and seven minutes later Potter's men were ahead.
Mohammed Kudus beat substitute James Hill on the left wing and crossed in for the Hammers captain to head home and make it 2-1, only for Bournemouth to equalise with 11 minutes left.
The result moves Bournemouth to ninth with 45 points, while West Ham are 15th with 35 points.
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