Newcastle United snatched a point in breathtaking style as Allan Saint-Maximin's thunder volley in stoppage time kept up the Magpies' unbeaten record.
On a day in which United looked to be staring at their first loss of the campaign, the Frenchman's outrageous strike set up a dramatic finale and in truth they could have emerged with all three points here.
Wolves were forced to clear against their own crossbar in stoppage time while a last gasp free-kick presented the chance to win it only for Fabian Schar to fire wide.
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In an incident-packed game Newcastle had 21 goal attempts but emerged here with two big names absent.
United kicked the game off without Alexsander Isak due to a work permit delay while Bruno Guimaraes missed out due to a niggle sustained in training.
Both sides lined up with a 4-3-3 formation as Wolverhampton went into the game searching for their first Premier League win of the campaign.
The first chance of the afternoon came after four minutes when Joelinton helped the ball on for Chris Wood but after trying to round the keeper he was denied by a sprawling save by Jose Sa.
Wolves responded on seven minutes when Goncalo Guedes crossed for Pedro Neto but he sent his effort over the bar after peeling away from Fabian Schar.
Newcastle felt they should have had a penalty on 13 minutes when Sean Longstaff was pulled back in the box before Joe Willock eventually rolled it wide.
TV replays showed a clear tug on the midfielder but even with VAR present it was not deemed a penalty by the officials.
Longstaff then saw a shot blocked on 15 minutes before Newcastle wasted the chance from a corner as referee Peter Bankes casually waved away protests.
A Kieran Trippier corner on 21 minutes found Joelinton at the back post but it was easy for Sa to gather the ball.
Trippier lost possession in the corner on 26 minutes with Raul Jimenez beating him to the ball in a physical encounter before crossing for Matheus Luiz Nunes but he headed wide in a let-off for Newcastle.
Nelson Semedo was issued with a yellow card moments later after a foul on Allan Saint-Maximin.
Wolves presented Jimenez with a chance after a right wing cross but he sliced the ball into the path of Pope for an easy claim on 32 minutes.
Moments later Jimenez was handed another good chance but sent his effort wide from close range.
But Wolves grabbed the lead seven minutes before the break as skipper Ruben Neves fired home.
Despite edging possession and having a host of goal attempts Wolves had been knocking on the door.
Goncalo Guedes cut the ball back and Neves had just enough time to take a touch and pick his spot, Willock did get across but not quick enough to make the required block.
And United went in behind at the break having had 65% possession but failing to make the most of it nor converting any of their nine goal attempts.
Newcastle escaped a worrying moment at the start of the second half when Schar was booked for a challenge on Neto.
VAR reviewed it for a possible red card but Schar survived the lengthy examination by Lee Mason back in the studio.
Wolves then took the resultant free-kick with Neves' effort headed away for a corner by Wood.
The New Zealand striker was almost handed a decent glimpse of goal on 53 minutes when Miguel Almiron crossed before Nathan Collins snuffed out the danger to deny his former Burnley team-mate.
Almiron's low shot then earned a corner two minutes later but Wolves were first to the ball again.
In what was proving to be a niggling affair, Trippier was then fouled by Neto and he too entered the book.
Howe made his first changes of the day when Ryan Fraser and Matt Targett came on with Burn and Wood going off.
That resulted in Howe having to switch Wood into the central striker role as Newcastle tried to claw something from the game.
With 15 minutes to go Almiron won another corner as the ball bounced off the back of Joao Moutinho.
Sven Botman's header then went out for a corner before Fraser's cross was cleared with Newcastle trying to crank up the pressure.
Wolves continued to offer a threat on the counter and Nunes' powerful shot needed Pope's full attention with 11 minutes to go.
And the home side thought they'd doubled the lead with 10 minutes left as Jimenez completed a break by tapping home.
However, Fraser had been shoved in the build-up and after another VAR check and on-field screen consultation Bankes disallowed the goal.
United then threw on Elliot Anderson and Jacob Murphy for the final stages with Willock and Almiron taken off.
It was the persistence of one of the substitutes in Murphy that resulted in the equaliser.
The winger did not give up on the right forcing Hwang Hee-Chan into a wild clearance but Saint-Maximin was anticipating something falling his way and struck home first time on the volley to leave Sa with no chance.
It was deserved equaliser and Newcastle then threatened to win it as Saint-Maximin skipped down the right on the counter-attack after Schar's pass.
But despite getting his shot on target Sa beat the effort away.
In stoppage time Anderson challenged in the box with Neves with the Wolves skipper heading against his own crossbar.
Then Anderson won a free-kick right on the edge of the box in the final seconds but Schar struck the ball wide in what was the last moment of the game.
As the game petered out, Newcastle fans may have taken a point but United did enough in stoppage time to snatch it.
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