Skellefteå AIK dismantled HK Nitra with a 5-1 win over the Slovakians to claim their first win of the 2026/27 Champions Hockey League campaign. The Swedes scored twice in the first, but exploded in the final frame with four more tallies.

The visitors drew first blood five minutes into the contest when Hudson Fasching collected the puck from just above the top of the crease and did a turnaround shot that flew just in under the bar. 

Skellefteå would make their powerplay debut when Ondrej Molnár was called for delaying the game at 15:35 and they used the opportunity to their advantage, capitalising on a rebound chance thanks to Andreas Johnson's quick relfexes from just inside the far circle.

Second period play saw much of the same from the first with the Swedes dominating the pace of play, but fortunately, Matej Marinov was able to stand his ground and keep his team in the game despite the Slovakians being outshot 23-6.  

Puck dropped in the third, and it didn't take long for Skellefteå to find the net a third time when Oskar Vuollet slid one through the wickets of Marinov for his first of the campaign.

The Swedes continued to put pucks on net and five minutes later, it was crisp up-ice pass that found the stick of a charging Mikkel Aagaard Hansen who rifled it topside just inside the near post to give his club a 4-0 advantage. 30 seconds later Rickard Hugg registered his first goal of the season on a nifty play down low, as he toe-dragged around one defender before trickling it past the netminder. 

And all of a sudden, what was once a feasible goal gap quickly turned into an impossible task.

Nitra kept at it, though, and were eventually rewarded with one when Marko Stacha was finally able to solve Jani Lampinen. That would be their only tuck of the night, however, as Skellefteå went on to score their fourth of the period and sixth of the contest courtesy of Valter Lindberg.