Alan Pardew's men created numerous chances to open the scoring, with Dwight Gayle and Jason Puncheon in particular coming close, but they failed to beat the Everton shot stopper as he held out for his third clean sheet of the campaign.
Ross Barkley hit the crossbar but Everton's attacking intent was stifled when James McCarthy was dismissed soon after, having collected his second yellow card.
The draw takes Palace further clear of the relegation zone. They are now 11 points above 18th-placed Sunderland with five matches, having been unbeaten in three matches and earned their first league win of 2016 against Norwich City on Saturday.
Pardew opted for the pace of Dwight Gayle over Connor Wickham and Emmanuel Adebayor in attack, and another of Palace's quick attackers, Yannick Bolasie, was the first to bring a save out of Joel.
Wilfried Zaha set up Gayle in a dangerous position shortly after as the hosts continued to push for the opener, only for the attacker to fire wide under pressure from John Stones.
Palace keeper Wayne Hennessey was called into action for the first time midway through the first half when Seamus Coleman volleyed straight at him after a fine cross from Leighton Baines.
Everton grew into the match and Arouna Kone’s powerful shot from 20 yards went narrowly over the crossbar, before Hennessey pulled off a sublime save to deny Romelu Lukaku from close range.
Gayle's acrobatic overhead kick went just wide at the far post, before Barkley was unfortunate not to break the deadlock in the 48th minute, beating Hennessey with his curled shot from the edge of the box, only to see his fine attempt hit the crossbar.
Everton's chances were dealt a blow three minutes later when referee Mike Jones showed McCarthy his second yellow card after bringing down Bolasie in midfield.
Puncheon should have opened the scoring after some good work from Mile Jedinak, but Joel produced a superb save, and the Everton goalkeeper denied Joel Ward after Palace kept the move alive.
Yohan Cabaye curled wide as Palace began to press home their numerical advantage, but they found Joel too tough to beat and Puncheon, Saturday's match-winner, saw another powerful effort saved.
Substitute Adebayor could have won it for Palace with a late header, but he could not hit the target as Pardew's men were denied the chance to reach 40 points for the season.
Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew: "Before the Norwich game I'd have taken four points from the two games but in the circumstances we should have won it.
"It's hard to break through when the other team are sitting and we still created three or four good chances - nine times out of 10, they're goals. I'm still pleased with the performance, just slightly frustrated we didn't get all three points."
Everton manager Roberto Martinez: "It's more than a decent point. It's always tough to come here and cope with direct play and balls into the box and to do that with 10 men is an incredible performance. To be so disciplined and solid is so impressive, and we created as many chances as them."
"It's an incredible level of satisfaction to have a team with that much resilience. It was a great clean sheet. We know how to play with 10 men and that came across - we kept the ball well and we managed the game well and that's something we haven't done enough this season."
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