Wolves 4 Leeds United 3 - Pictures and video
If anyone doubted the momentum driving Wolves, they can think again after this.
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Dave Edwards' thrilling last-gasp header sealed a pulsating victory for Kenny Jackett's side and propelled them into a Championship play-off place.
And it got a raucous Molineux bouncing and believing beyond any doubt that the force is with their side, as they round the turn for home in the Football League campaign.
It was a wonderfully bizarre game that Wolves should have won handsomely and with the minimum of fuss, such was their dominance for long spells.
And yet a comfortable victory would, perversely, have done much less for the feelgood factor that Jackett will hope can spur his team on to a top-six place.
Three good goals by Wolves, including two from star man Nouha Dicko, were cancelled out by a trio of gifts handed to their disjointed visitors, who looked set to claim the oddest of points.
Dicko's brace and Benik Afobe's 29th goal of the season had put Wolves 3-1 up, after Charlie Taylor's opener for Leeds had been handed to him on a plate.
Then Wolves imploded with a Danny Batth own goal and another present that was accepted spectacularly by Alex Mowatt.
That was only for super-sub Edwards to head the winner in the final moments and provide his team and their fan base with a wonderful shot of adrenaline to fuel their run-in.
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The game was preceded by a touching tribute to Wolves fan Martyn Matthews, who was among the 150 killed in the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps.
His widow Sharon and their children, Jade and Nathan, were joined by Wolves captain Danny Batth and Leeds skipper Liam Cooper .
They laid flowers in front of the Steve Bull Stand, where Mr Matthews sat to watch his heroes.
Unchanged Wolves started brightly and looked the more likely side to open the scoring in the early stages.
Dicko had the first sight of goal when he collected pass from James Henry and drifted between two defenders, only to send a tame effort wide of the target.
And Dicko had another near miss when he headed over from a Henry free-kick, as Wolves dominated the opening exchanges.
However, Leeds went ahead out of nowhere when an inexplicable piece of play from Kevin McDonald gifted the visitors the opening goal.
The Scottish midfielder dwelled on the ball in his own left-back region and then attempted a crazy pass across the face of Carl Ikeme's goal.
Goals: Taylor 11, Dicko 19, 45, Afobe 48, Batth (og 65), Mowatt 74, Edwards 88.
Wolves (4-4-2): Ikeme; Iorfa, Batth, Stearman, Golbourne, Henry (van La Parra 78), Price, McDonald, Sako, Dicko (Edwards, 70), Afobe.
Substitutes not used: Kuszczak (GK), Doherty, Doyle, Ebanks-Landell, Hause, Kuszczak (gk).
Leeds (4-1-4-1): Silvestri, Byram, Bamba, Cooper, Berardi, Murphy; Mowatt, Phillips, Wootton, Taylor, Antenucci (Sharp 82).
Substitutes not used: Taylor (GK), Ngoyi, Cani, Doukara, Sloth, Del Fabro.
Referee: David Coote (Nottinghamshire)
Attendance: 25,169[/breakout]
The ball hit a helpless Richard Stearman and sat up for Taylor to score with a straight forward tap-in.
The goal did little to check Wolves' momentum, however, and they continued to press.
Dicko went close again with an effort that Marco Silvestri in the visitors' goal needed to save.
And the Wolves striker was rewarded for his persistence on 19 minutes when he restored parity with a crisp finish.
In-form marksman Afobe turned provider with a surge into the penalty area and a cross from the right-hand edge, which Dicko turned in at the far post from a difficult angle.
The pattern of the game remained unchanged with Wolves on the front foot and Bakary Sako a constant, if frustrating, threat for the hosts.
He saw a cross gathered by Silvestri after a good run and the Leeds keeper then gathered comfortably from Henry's 25-yard shot.
Henry then drew a smart save from Silvestri, who flew to his left to turn away the winger's toe-poke after a run and cut-back from Dominic Iorfa.
Wolves' dominance of possession continued, but as half-time approached they lost a little of their attacking swagger.
That was until the 43rd minute, when Henry linked up well with Afobe to tee up Sako for a powerful shot that took a deflection and ballooned behind for a corner.
And in the first minute of stoppage-time the hosts claimed the lead they deserved.
Leeds' defence was ragged and Sol Bamba played Dicko onside as he raced onto Sako's chipped pass and fired home past Silvestri's feeble attempted save.
Leeds had a rare sight of goal early in the second half when Mowatt had a shot saved by goalkeeper Carl Ikeme.
But Wolves were soon back on the front foot with McDonald piercing the heart of the Leeds defence, only for his pace to let him down with Gaetano Berardi making a saving challenge.
They would not be denied a third goal, however, and it arrived in scrappy fashion on 48 minutes after Sam Byram failed to deal with a McDonald cross.
Leeds scrambled it away as far as Batth, whose shot struck Dicko on the line and dropped for Afobe to poke home.
Afobe could have added a fourth Wolves goal, moments later, when he dragged a fractionally wide from a Dicko cross.
Leeds had offered little but there was a scare for Wolves when Mowatt danced through a couple of challenges and into the box, forcing Stearman to make a hurried clearance.
Wolves had dominated but they found themselves just a single goal in front on 65 minutes, when Batth bizarrely put through his own net.
He appeared to have a simple task of clearing Mowatt's cross but contrived to slice it past Ikeme.
And, on 74 minutes, it was all square as a bizarre afternoon took its latest twist.
Wolves missed several chances to clear their lines, Stearman's awful ball found Mowatt and he unleashed a fantastic curling effort into the top corner.
The game remained wide open with Wolves pushing for the win that had looked to be sealed.
And substitute Rajiv van La Parra latched onto an overcooked cross, only for Berardi to block his attempted shot.
It looked set to be an afternoon of high frustration until two minutes from time, when Molineux erupted to acclaim a dramatic winner.
McDonald lofted the ball in from the left and Edwards rose to glance a perfect header inside the far post to seal a thrilling win.
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