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Throughout March, the Lightning had been switching places with the Atlanta Thrashers for first place in the Southeast Division.

With a chance to overtake the Thrashers one final time and once again become division champions for the third time in team history, on April 6, 2007, in the final week of the regular season, the Lighting suffered a loss to the Florida Panthers, the night before the season finale in Atlanta.

That same night, the Thrashers defeated the Carolina Hurricanes, and clinched the division.

For the Lightning, this meant having to settle for the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference, with a final record of 44-33-5 ( 93 points ).