Lars Bryggman broke the deadlock in the third minute in game one, and it took him just a minute longer to do so again tonight - Victor Stjernborg and Andreas Johnson were victorious in a scrap for the puck, which fell kindly for Bryggman in space, and he finished in style.
That was the only goal of an opening period which saw tempers flare on both sides. In the second, Tripping by Oscar Lindberg and too many men on the ice saw Skelleftea concede a pair of powerplays Lulea didn't make use of, before the visitors had Otto Leskinen sent to the box for holding.
With under four minutes to play in the period, the home side showed Lulea how it was done on the powerplay, doubling their lead with Johnson involved again, this time combining with Par Lindholm to set up Bryggman for his second.
The real blow to Lulea in the battle for northern bragging rights came with just four seconds of the period to play, when Max Krogdahl found Johnson on the blue line, and his shot took a deflection and trickled past Matteus Ward for 3-0 - Johnson's third point of the evening.
The result was all but settled eight minutes into the final period, and where Andreas Johnson left off, Jonathan Johnson took over - he and Rickard Hugg played their parts before Lindberg scored the fourth on another powerplay following holding by Pontus Andreasson.
Then, with still over seven minutes left, Skelleftea made it a trio of successive powerplay goals when cross-checking from Erik Gustafsson was punished with a goal from Jonathan Johnson, as Lindberg tied with Andreas Johnson on three points thanks to another assist. And 5-0 was how it finished.
Lulea will be hoping a return home for game three on 11th April and game four on 13th April will bring the change in form needed to keep the series and their season alive.