Tue 2/17/15 4:24 PM

MacDonald will be a healthy scratch for Tuesday's game against the Blue Jackets, Randy Miller of the Newark Star-Ledger reports.MacDonald missed Friday's game against the Blue Jackets for personal reasons, but has since returned to the team. He'll find himself a healthy scratch for the second straight game, however, as the return of Braydon Coburn appears to have made him the team's seventh defenseman. MacDonald will have an even tougher time clawing his way back into the lineup when Kimmo Timonen (blood clots) returns to action, perhaps as soon as next week.