The teams had met twice earlier this season and both times Luleå had won.
On Saturday, Luleå extended the trend further against HV71 - and won its third straight victory.
"Really bad"
Luleå kept HV71 on the outside, and the home team had only managed four shots on goal until the second period when Luleå was already leading 2-0.
- Really bad, I would say.
We didn't come out like we wanted, we wanted to come out and really take this game but they got an early goal and then 2-0 quite close, so really bad, HV71 player Fredrik Forsberg told C More after a period played.
The delicacy of the match was Linus Fröberg's pass to Brendan Shinnimin, minute 01.55 in the second period, which meant 0-3 to the guests.
Played up
The Jönköping team reduced both once and twice.
Fredrik Forsberg scored a reduction from a tight angle when the puck found its way behind an obscured Matteus Ward.
But the HV71 didn't get any closer than that.
- Good away game, it shows in us that we have a little more confidence.
It's small details that make us get the puck in, says Luleå's assist king Linus Fröberg after the match.
The final result was determined with just three seconds left through Juhani Tyrväinen and Luleå won 5-2.
The victory means that Luleå has only one point up to tenth-placed Linköping.